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MAAS
Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale - deutsche Version
Short abstract
The MAAS is used to measure (self-assessed) dispositional "mindfulness". "Mindfulness" is characterized by three characteristics: (1) intentional, (2) related to the present moment, and (3) non-judgmental. The questionnaire contains 15 self-referential statements. Reliability: The internal consistency of the MAAS was Cronbach's Alpha = .83. The retest reliability (interval: 21 days) was rtt = .82. Validity: The structural validity is confirmed by the results of the confirmatory factor analysis. The convergent validity is supported by the correlation of r = .43 with the Freiburg Questionnaire on Mindfulness. For construct validity, correlations with NEO-FFI, BDI, BAI, the Satisfaction With Life Scale and the questionnaire for recording dispositional self-attention are reported. An intervention study in n = 25 patients with recurrent depressive disorders provided first indications of the change sensitivity of the MAAS. The patients were treated with Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy outside acute disease phases. Mindfulness increased significantly over the course of the 8-week treatment phase (effect strength: d = 0.70). In addition, the MAAS values proved to be suitable for predicting depressive relapses one year after the end of treatment. This was true even if the number of previous depressive episodes and the BDI values were statistically controlled.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: MAAS. Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale - deutsche Version. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9006040
Citation
Michalak, J., Heidenreich, T., Ströhle, G. & Nachtigall, C. (2011). MAAS. Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale - deutsche Version [Verfahrensdokumentation und Fragebogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6555
Short information
Short Name MAAS
English Name Mindful Attention Awareness Scale - German version
Authors Michalak, J., Heidenreich, T., Ströhle, G., Nachtigall, C.
Published in Test archive 2011
Copyright/Licence Copyright Autoren; CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0
Key words Mindfulness, Awareness, Distractibility
Language versions deu
Construct Mindfulness (Kabat-Tin, 1990)
Application age Adults
Item number 15 items
Subscales None; Mindfulness.
Application Time ca. 5 min.
Interpretation time ca. 5 min.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha = .83. Retest reliability: rtt = .82 (interval: 21 days).
Findings on structural, convergent and prognostic validity (depressive relapses); change sensitivity (effect strength: d = 0.70).
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Applications Research
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Michalak, J., Heidenreich, T., Ströhle, G. & Nachtigall, C. (2008). Die deutsche Version der Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS). Psychometrische Befunde zu einem Achtsamkeitsfragebogen. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 37 (3), 200-208. PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 0209122
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Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Heidenreich, Fakultät Soziale Arbeit, Gesundheit und Pflege, Hochschule Esslingen, University of Applied Sciences, Flandernstraße 101, D-73732 Esslingen
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johannes Michalak, Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie II, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 44, D-58455 Witten
Dipl.-Psych. Gunnar Ströhle, Psychologischer Psychotherapeut, Praxis für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Marie-Curie-Straße 44, D-79100 Freiburg
Dr. Chrtistof Nachtigall, Methodenlehre und Evaluationsforschung, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Psychologie, Raum 234, August-Bebel-Straße 4, D-07743 Jena