Corthorn, CarolinaDuncan, Larissa G.Manzi, JorgePedrero, Victor2024-05-092024-05-092022-05-20Revista CES Psicologia, Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 44 - 60, 20 May 20222011-3080https://repositorio.unab.cl/handle/ria/56662Indexación: Scopus.The Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting (IM-P) scale is one of the first measures that specifically assesses mindful parenting, a specific application of mindfulness, that has been defined as paying attention to your child and parenting in a particular way, intentionally, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. Psychometric properties of a Spanish-language version of the IM-P scale were examined in a sample of 111 mothers of preschool-age children living in Santiago, Chile. The original IM-P model with five factors and 31 items showed indicators of goodness of fit within acceptable ranges, however two items presented extremely low factor loadings that suggest a lack of fit to the model. Also, there was a high correlation between two factors which were theoretical and conceptually very related: Compassion for the self and child and Non-judgmental Acceptance of the self and child. Therefore, it was considered appropriate to test a new four-factor model in which these two factors were merged into one, and items loading low in the previous model were eliminated. This new model showed a slightly better fit than the five-factor model. The resultant four-factor version and its subscales showed good internal consistencies. Construct validity of the IM-P scale was investigated by calculating correlations with general mindfulness (Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, FFMQ). As expected, a significant positive correlation was found between the two measures (r=0.73, p<0.01), and among almost all subscales. In general, the results present sound psychometric properties of the Spanish translation of the IM-P in Chilean mothers of preschool children. © 2022 Universidad CES. All rights reserved.enIM-P scaleMindful parentingMindfulnessPreschool childrenPsychometric analysisArtículoCC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International10.21615/cesp.5820