Validity evidence of the brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)
Mindfulness is a skill that allows the practitioner to expand an existing space between stimulus and response, so he/she may make more conscious choices which in turn prevents the perpetuation of dysfunctional patterns of behaviors, contributing to the improvement of his/her well-being. The goal of...
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| author | Víviam Vargas de Barros Elisa Harumi Kozasa Isabel Cristina Weiss de Souza Telmo Mota Ronzani |
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| description | Mindfulness is a skill that allows the practitioner to expand an existing space between stimulus and response, so he/she may make more conscious choices which in turn prevents the perpetuation of dysfunctional patterns of behaviors, contributing to the improvement of his/her well-being. The goal of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in a sample with 395 participants divided into smokers, people from the general population, college students and meditators. They answered the MAAS and the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS). An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to test the factor structure of the MAAS. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability and split half were respectively assessed with Cronbach's α and correlation coefficients. Construct validity was examined by correlating the MAAS with psychological well-being. Criterion validity was assessed by comparing the meditators' scores on the MAAS with the scores of other participants. After the exploratory factor analysis, the Brazilian MAAS remained a unidimensional scale. Reliability [α = .83; split half = .67 and test-retest = .80 (p < .001)] and validity measures were adequate, except the criterion validity which was not confirmed in the mentioned sample. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-633bf26d450c423b8011062e86de56df2022-12-22T03:01:25ZengSpringerOpenPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica1678-71532015-03-01281879510.1590/1678-7153.201528110S0102-79722015000100087Validity evidence of the brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)Víviam Vargas de BarrosElisa Harumi KozasaIsabel Cristina Weiss de SouzaTelmo Mota RonzaniMindfulness is a skill that allows the practitioner to expand an existing space between stimulus and response, so he/she may make more conscious choices which in turn prevents the perpetuation of dysfunctional patterns of behaviors, contributing to the improvement of his/her well-being. The goal of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in a sample with 395 participants divided into smokers, people from the general population, college students and meditators. They answered the MAAS and the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS). An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to test the factor structure of the MAAS. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability and split half were respectively assessed with Cronbach's α and correlation coefficients. Construct validity was examined by correlating the MAAS with psychological well-being. Criterion validity was assessed by comparing the meditators' scores on the MAAS with the scores of other participants. After the exploratory factor analysis, the Brazilian MAAS remained a unidimensional scale. Reliability [α = .83; split half = .67 and test-retest = .80 (p < .001)] and validity measures were adequate, except the criterion validity which was not confirmed in the mentioned sample.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722015000100087&lng=en&tlng=enAtenção plenaconsciência plenaMAASPsicometria |
| spellingShingle | Víviam Vargas de Barros Elisa Harumi Kozasa Isabel Cristina Weiss de Souza Telmo Mota Ronzani Validity evidence of the brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica Atenção plena consciência plena MAAS Psicometria |
| title | Validity evidence of the brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) |
| title_full | Validity evidence of the brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) |
| title_fullStr | Validity evidence of the brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validity evidence of the brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) |
| title_short | Validity evidence of the brazilian version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) |
| title_sort | validity evidence of the brazilian version of the mindful attention awareness scale maas |
| topic | Atenção plena consciência plena MAAS Psicometria |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722015000100087&lng=en&tlng=en |
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