Mindfulness-based programs for adolescents have lately become popular all over the world. Research already shows that these types of interventions result in positive effects on both mental and physical health. Mindfulness practice is considered emotionally, socially and academically beneficial for adolescents delivering lasting improvement in well-being. Since number of interventions and research on it is rapidly increasing, there is a need for valid and reliable measurements of mindfulness skills in adolescents. The CAMM is a single-factor self-report measure developed to asses present-moment awareness, non-judgmental and no avoidant responses to thoughts and feelings. The present study was checking the theoretical validity of the questionnaire in the sample of Polish adolescents aged 12 to 15 years (N = 325). Correlations with measures of suppression and psychological inflexibility were calculated (divergent validity) as well as correlations with measures of psychological well-being and general health (convergent validity). Similarly, to original validation study, the following tools were used: The White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI), Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire (AFQ), Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well Being (WEMBWS), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12).
Overall, results suggest that CAMM is theoretically valid in the Polish group of adolescents. Mindfulness correlated positively to well-being and negatively to thought suppression, psychological inflexibility and health problem symptoms, which suggests that mindfulness is an adaptive skill.