Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Translation of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)

Deng, Yuqin; Song, Li; Tang, Yi; Zhu, Lian; Ryan, Richard M.; Brown, Kirk Warren

doi:10.1007/s12671-011-0074-1

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“…The Ch-MAAS obtained acceptable-to-satisfactory scores in Cronbach's alpha (0.85), the Guttman split-half test (0.81), and testretest reliability (0.54). It was also found to be negatively correlated with negative affect and positively associated with positive affect, as well as with quality of life (Deng et al, 2011). Similarly, the Ch-FFMQ received acceptable scores in Cronbach's alpha, the Guttmann split-half test, and test-retest reliability.…”

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“…At least two Chinese versions of self-report mindfulness inventories have been developed recently. They are the Chinese version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (Ch-MAAS; Deng et al, 2011) and the Chinese version of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (Ch-FFMQ; Deng, Liu, Rodriguez, & Xia, 2012). Both of these were directly translated from the original English versions and underwent all standardised validation procedures.…”

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Revalidation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) With Its Newly Developed Chinese Version (Ch-CAMS-R)

Chan

Lin

et al. 2016

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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C onsidering the strengths and weaknesses of currently available inventories measuring mindfulness for Chinese population, a need for a short and comprehensive inventory was identified. The present study therefore developed a written Chinese version of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale -Revised (CAMS-R) that excels in its full range of conceptual coverage, employs widely accessible language, and is brief in length. The reliability and validity of the Ch-CAMS-R was examined and found to be compatible with the original version and with other inventories measuring mindfulness. Results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) suggested allocation of two question items, without posing a threat to the four-factor (including attention, awareness, present-focus and acceptance) structure in both the CAMS-R and Ch-CAMS-R. In general, the present study supports that this four-factor structure is compatible with the conceptualidation of mindfulness in both United States and Hong Kong samples.Keywords: mindfulness, attention, awareness, acceptance, present-focus Mindfulness (Pali: sati; Sanskrit: smriti) is an elusive, yet central, idea in the 2,500-year-old tradition of Buddhist investigation and conceptualisation of mental process and functioning (Siegel, Germer, & Olendzki, 2009). Literally translatable from the original Pali as 'memory' or 'to remember' , mindfulness can generally be regarded as an observer's ability to become aware of, attend to, and remember phenomena in the internal and external milieux (Siegel et al., 2009;Travis & Pearson, 2000). A critical element of mindfulness is its potentiation of non-judgmental yet fully engaged awareness of positive, negative, or neutral aspects of ongoing subjective experience. In the same vein, mindfulness is written as in Chinese, Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja. The ideograph can be decomposed into an upper component, , denoting the 'present moment' , and a lower component, , denoting an amalgam of 'mind' , 'hear' and 'attention' . The ideographic decomposition echoes the emphasis on a hereand-now, processual, attentional focus in the concept of mindfulness. A deeply mindful awareness is not easily distracted from its chosen object(s), whether by thoughts of the past and future, or by competing stimuli in the present (Smallwood & Schooler, 2006 Therapeutic MindfulnessThe meaning of mindfulness has been further modified during its ongoing application in the realm of contemporary psychotherapy. Bishop and colleagues (2004) proposed a two-component model to describe an updated operationalisation of mindfulness in clinical and therapeutic settings. The first component is self-regulation of attention, which involves sustained attention, attention switching, and the inhibition of elaborative processing that may distract from one's direct experience. This component is consistent with the element of here-and-now, present-centred attentional focus. Individuals make an effort to notice the dynamic flows of thoughts, feelings, and sen...

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Section: Mindfulness Inventories In Chinesementioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Mindfulness Inventories In Chinesementioning

confidence: 99%

Revalidation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) With Its Newly Developed Chinese Version (Ch-CAMS-R)

Chan

Lin

et al. 2016

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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“…The original English-language version of the scale was translated into Chinese by a native Chinese speaker and then back translated into English to verify the accuracy of translation. Studies have recently found the MAAS to be valid and reliable measure among the Chinese population (18,19). …”

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Trait Mindfulness Helps Shield Decision-Making From Translating Into Health-Risk Behavior

Black

Sussman

Johnson

et al. 2012

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Purpose The cognitive tendency toward mindfulness may influence the enactment of health and risk behaviors by its bringing increased attention to and awareness of decision-making processes underlying behavior. The present study examined the moderating effect of trait mindfulness on associations between intentions to smoke (ITS)/smoking refusal self-efficacy (SRSE) and smoking frequency. Methods Self-reports from Chinese adolescents (N=5,287; M age=16.2, SD=0.7; 48.8% female) were collected in 24 schools. Smoking frequency was regressed on latent factor interactions MAAS*ITS and MAAS*SRSE, adjusting for school clustering effects and covariates. Results Both interaction terms were significant in cross-sectional analyses and showed high ITS predicted higher smoking frequency among those low relative to high in trait mindfulness while low SRSE predicted higher smoking frequency among those low relative to high in trait mindfulness. Conclusions Findings suggest trait mindfulness possibly shields against decision-making processes that place adolescents at risk for smoking.

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“…The MAAS is a 15-item scale developed to measure the frequency of mindful states in daily life. Translated variants of this scale have been validated in several languages, including Spanish [22], Chinese [23], Swedish [24], Turkish [25] and French [26]. …”

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Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS) in patients with fibromyalgia

Cebolla

Luciano

Demarzo

et al. 2013

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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BackgroundMindful-based interventions improve functioning and quality of life in fibromyalgia (FM) patients. The aim of the study is to perform a psychometric analysis of the Spanish version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in a sample of patients diagnosed with FM.MethodsThe following measures were administered to 251 Spanish patients with FM: the Spanish version of MAAS, the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire, the Pain Catastrophising Scale, the Injustice Experience Questionnaire, the Psychological Inflexibility in Pain Scale, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire and the Euroqol. Factorial structure was analysed using Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA). Cronbach's α coefficient was calculated to examine internal consistency, and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated to assess the test-retest reliability of the measures. Pearson’s correlation tests were run to evaluate univariate relationships between scores on the MAAS and criterion variables.ResultsThe MAAS scores in our sample were low (M = 56.7; SD = 17.5). CFA confirmed a two-factor structure, with the following fit indices [sbX2 = 172.34 (p < 0.001), CFI = 0.95, GFI = 0.90, SRMR = 0.05, RMSEA = 0.06. MAAS was found to have high internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.90) and adequate test-retest reliability at a 1–2 week interval (ICC = 0.90). It showed significant and expected correlations with the criterion measures with the exception of the Euroqol (Pearson = 0.15).ConclusionPsychometric properties of the Spanish version of the MAAS in patients with FM are adequate. The dimensionality of the MAAS found in this sample and directions for future research are discussed.

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Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Translation of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)

Cited by 197 publications

References 23 publications

Revalidation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) With Its Newly Developed Chinese Version (Ch-CAMS-R)

Revalidation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) With Its Newly Developed Chinese Version (Ch-CAMS-R)

Trait Mindfulness Helps Shield Decision-Making From Translating Into Health-Risk Behavior

Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS) in patients with fibromyalgia

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