Psychometric Validation of the Farsi Version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in a Sample of Iranian Students in the USA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roghieh Nooripour ◽  
Nikzad Ghanbari ◽  
Simin Hoseinian ◽  
Yaghoob Vakili ◽  
Karen Dobkins
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Mindful Attention ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
Farsi Version

The Estonian Mindful Attention Awareness Scale: Assessing Mindfulness Without a Distinct Linguistic Present Tense

Mindfulness ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 759-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riin Seema ◽  
Jordan T. Quaglia ◽  
Kirk Warren Brown ◽  
Anna Sircova ◽  
Kenn Konstabel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mindful Attention ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽  
Present Tense

scholarly journals Social Judgments as a Measure of Right Mindfulness

SAGE Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401668681
Author(s):  
Robert Lindsay Hakan ◽  
Julia M. Neal ◽  
John Lothes
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Social Judgment ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Social Judgments ◽  
Demand Characteristics ◽  
Mindful Attention ◽  
Potential Demand ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

Mindfulness should be associated with decreased automatic responding and with increased empathy and compassion. Therefore, given an opportunity to express judgments about other people, a highly mindful person should be less inclined to express negative and unnecessary judgments. The present study provided participants the opportunity to express judgments about photographs of other people in a procedure that attempted to control for potential demand characteristics associated with self-report measures of mindfulness. Expressed judgments were panel rated, and the derived judgment scores were regressed with participant scores on the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) and the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Results demonstrated no overall significant relationship between judgments and MAAS or FFMQ total scores. However, a significant relationship between judgment scores and the “act with awareness” and the “non-judgment” facets of the FFMQ was observed. Judgment scores were also related to self-reported involvement in mindfulness activities such as meditation and yoga. These results suggest that self-reported mindfulness may not completely align with behaviors that logically reflect right mindfulness. Moreover, social judgment may be a useful overt measure related to mindfulness. The results also provide empirical evidence of the very strong social tendency to negatively and often derogatorily judge other people.

scholarly journals Intervenção baseada em mindfulness reduz parâmetros de sensibilidade em mulheres com DTM dolorosa crônica

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-72
Author(s):  
Melissa de Oliveira Melchior ◽  
Lais Valencise Magri ◽  
Graziela Valle da Silva ◽  
César Bataglion ◽  
Christie Ramos Andrade Leite Panissi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Temporomandibular Disorders ◽  
Mindful Attention ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

Objetivo: analisar parâmetros clínicos sugestivos de sensibilização central em mulheres com disfunção temporomandibular dolorosa crônica antes e após uma intervenção baseada em mindfulness. Método: onze mulheres com idade entre 27 e 44 anos (36,36 ± 5,61), com diagnóstico de disfunções temporomandibulares dolorosa crônica (Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders),participaram do estudo. A hiperalgesia, a alodinia e o limiar de dor à pressão foram avaliados em pontos trigeminais e extra-trigeminais antes e após a intervenção baseada em mindfulness, bem como a aplicação do questionário Mindful Attention Awareness Scale. O programa de mindfulness de 8 semanas foi oferecido às participantes do estudo, com base no protocolo Mindfulness Trainings International, em sessões semanais de 2 horas e uma sessão de 4 horas. Resultados: houve redução significativa da alodinia, da hiperalgesia e aumento do limiar de dor à pressão, além de aumento significativo do nível de atenção plena (p < 0,05) enquanto marcador de efetividade da intervenção baseada em mindfulness oferecida. Conclusão: índices mais saudáveis nos parâmetros clínicos sugestivos de sensibilização central investigados após a intervenção, representam melhora significativa na relação da pessoa com quadro de enfermidade crônica geradora de experiências desagradáveis contínuas como a disfunções emporomandibulares.

Mindful Attention Awareness Scale--Spanish Version

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Johnson ◽  
John S. Wiebe ◽  
Osvaldo F. Morera
Keyword(s):  
Spanish Version ◽  
Mindful Attention ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

scholarly journals Reliability, Validity, and Factorial Structure of the Farsi Version of the Paranoia Checklist With Iranian Students

SAGE Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401881712
Author(s):  
Leila Amirpour ◽  
Mahboubeh Dadfar ◽  
Majid Heydari Charvadeh ◽  
Behrooz Birashk
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
University Settings ◽  
Brief Screening ◽  
Farsi Version

Paranoid thought is one of the most common symptoms in psychiatric disorders. The Paranoia Checklist is a brief screening and diagnostic tool for clinical and subclinical paranoia. It has been used in research, clinical, and non-clinical settings. The Paranoia Checklist has not had its validity examined in university settings in Iran. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the validation of the Farsi version of Paranoia Checklist in a randomized cluster sample of 365 Iranian volunteer college students selected from the Payame Noor University of Mashhad in Iran. They completed the Paranoia Checklist, the General Paranoia Scale, and the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R). The mean score of the Paranoia Checklist was 35.50 ( SD = 7.21). The Cronbach’s α for the Paranoia Checklist was .87, indicating high internal consistency. The Paranoia Checklist correlated .42 with the General Paranoia Scale, .38 with the SCL-90-R subscales of Anxiety (ANX), Hostility (HOS), and Paranoia Ideation (PAR), and .37 with the Interpersonal Sensitivity (INTS), denoting moderate construct and criterion-related validity. The results of the factor analysis of the Paranoia Checklist identified three factors associated with the paranoid thoughts. The Paranoia Checklist has a multidimensional structure, and adequate validity and reliability. It can be used in the non-clinical, clinical, and research settings to measure paranoia in Iran.

The Potential of Promoting Mindfulness in a University Physical Activity and Wellness Course

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Lee D'Abundo ◽  
Cara L. Sidman ◽  
Kelly A. Fiala
Keyword(s):  
Stress Management ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Management Unit ◽  
Instructor Training ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Mindful Attention ◽  
Wellness Course ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽  
Student Completion

Due to its well documented benefits, it has been recommended to integrate mindfulness into health promotion programming. The purpose of this study was to determine if mindfulness was impacted by demographic variables and/or the completion of a stress management unit including mindfulness and application activities focused on paying attention and living in the present. Students completed (n=225) the 15-item Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) at the beginning and end of a 15-week semester. Student completion of a stress management unit including mindfulness and application activities focused on paying attention and living in the present did not result in improved mindfulness. The extent that instructors covered mindfulness in the lab portion of the course, as well as potentially higher stress levels at the end of the semester, may be factors associated with lower post-course mindfulness. These results, combined with previous research showing mindfulness-based programs to be effective in stress reduction, support the need to directly educate students about mindfulness. It may be advantageous to increase the focus on mindfulness in university lifetime wellness curricula, in addition to improving instructor training and monitoring course fidelity among large multiple-section courses.

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