Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)

Please indicate the degree to which you Almost Very Somewhat Somewhat Very Almost agree with each of the following items using the scale below. always frequently frequently infrequently infrequently never I could be experiencing some MAAS emotion and not be conscious of 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 it until some time later. I break or spill things because of MAAS carelessness, not paying 2 attention, or thinking of something 1 2 3 4 5 6 else. MAAS I find it difficult to stay focused on 3 what’s happening in the present. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I tend to walk quickly to get where MAAS I’m going without paying attention 4 to what I experience along the 1 2 3 4 5 6 way. I tend not to notice feelings of MAAS physical tension or discomfort 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 until they really grab my attention. I forget a person’s name almost MAAS as soon as I’ve been told it for the 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 first time. It seems I am “running on MAAS automatic” without much 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 awareness of what I’m doing. MAAS I rush through activities without 8 being really attentive to them. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I get so focused on the goal I MAAS want to achieve that I lose touch 9 with what I am doing right now to 1 2 3 4 5 6 get there. I do jobs or tasks automatically, MAAS without being aware of what I’m 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 doing. I find myself listening to someone MAAS with one ear, doing something 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 else at the same time. I drive places on “automatic pilot” MAAS and then wonder why I went 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 there. MAAS I find myself preoccupied with the 13 future or the past. 1 2 3 4 5 6 MAAS I find myself doing things without 14 paying attention. 1 2 3 4 5 6 MAAS I snack without being aware that 15 I’m eating. 1 2 3 4 5 6

Scoring MAAS: To score the scale, simply compute a mean of the 15 items. Higher scores reflect higher levels of dispositional mindfulness.

Mindfulness measure My total My item average MAAS

Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of personality and social psychology, 84(4), 822.