MAAS
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)
The MAAS is a self-report questionnaire on dispositional mindfulness, focused on attention to and awareness of the present moment in daily life. Its 15 items mainly explore episodes of inattention, distraction, and functioning on autopilot rather than complex meditative skills. The tool is unidimensional, quick to administer, and useful in clinical practice as well as research to identify the general level of mindful attention, monitor progress during psychotherapy or a mindfulness-based program, and objectify changes between two assessment points.
- Number of questions
- 15 questions
- Estimated duration
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- Kirk Warren Brown, Richard M. Ryan (2003)
- Category
- General
Scoring & interpretation
Each item is scored from 1 to 6 according to the frequency of experiences of distraction or inattention. Since the items describe a lack of mindfulness, a high score means these experiences are rarer and therefore reflects greater dispositional mindfulness. The standard method is to calculate the mean of the 15 items, giving a final score between 1 and 6. A raw sum from 15 to 90 can also be used if the same scoring method is kept from one administration to the next. There is no universal reference diagnostic cutoff. Interpretation is mainly dimensional, comparative, and used for pre- and post-intervention monitoring.
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