About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Mental health and wellbeing |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
| Description | A unidimensional measure of adolescent mindfulness adapted from the adult MAAS. |
| Example | I could be experiencing some emotion and not be conscious of it until some time later |
| Link | https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5337495ae4b02a5017cf9522/t/53d7eef6e4b04157ac3daf7b/1406660342567/assessing-adolescent-mindfulness.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 14 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 11-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .84 |
| Test retest | 3-4 weeks, r= .79 |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Single factor so |
| CFA | Single-factor model Chi-square(77)=141.55 p<.001 CFI=.94 RMSEA=.05 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Adolescent Personality Style Inventory neuroticism subscale, r= -.42 and agreeableness subscale, r= .23 and conscientiousness subscale, r= .23; Positive and Negative Affect Scale positive affect subscale, r= .22 and negative affect subscale, r= -.41; Mindful Thinking and Action Scale for Adolescents healthy self-regulation subscale, r= .39 |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Brown, K. W., West, A. M., Loverich, T. M., & Biegel, G. M. (2011). Assessing adolescent mindfulness: Validation of an Adapted Mindful Attention Awareness Scale in adolescent normative and psychiatric populations. Psychological Assessment, 23(4), 1023–1033. doi:10.1037/a0021338 De Bruin, E. I., Zijlstra, B. J. H., van de Weijer-Bergsma, E., & Bögels, S. M. (2011). The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Adolescents (MAAS-A): Psychometric properties in a Dutch sample. Mindfulness, 2(3), 201–211. doi:10.1007/s12671-011-0061-6 |