Introducing the eMCC™: A Validated Taxonomy to Advance Targeted Application of Mindfulness Skills

Objective Describe the two-phase validation process for a taxonomy of skills learned through mindfulness practice. Methods Phase I (development) utilized 11 subject matter experts (SMEs) over 5 months. Phase II (judgment) enrolled 60 international SMEs from 116 invited through snowball sampling. They were mostly white (80%) or Asian (15%) women (70%) with longstanding personal mindfulness practices (M = 20 years; SD = 9.6) and extensive...