The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills is a 39-item, multi-dimensional inventory designed to assess the general tendency to be mindful in daily life and to be understandable to general and clinical populations regardless of meditation experience. Four mindfulness skills are specified:  observing, describing, acting with awareness, and accepting without judgment.

• Psychological
• Spiritual

To access the measure and scoring information please contact Ruth Baer by e-mail at rbaer@email.uky.edu

Circle the number that best describes your own opinion of what is generally true for you.

I notice changes in my body, such as whether my breathing slows down or speeds up …

Response:  Never or very rarely true, rarely true, sometimes true, often true, very often or always true

1. Baer RA, Smith GT, Allen KB.  (2004 September). Assessment of Mindfulness by Self-Report: The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. Assessment, 11(3), 191-206.

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General and clinical populations

approximately 10 minutes

What is generally true for you

We have not found references regarding translation of this measure into any other language.

The  Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire is a follow-up to the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills, which is quite similar.