Immersion and Socio-Emotional Experiences During a Movie – Polish Adaptation of the Movie Consumption Questionnaires

The aim of the article is to present a description of the psychometric properties of the Polish adaptation of the Movie Consumption Questionnaires (MCQ) – Immersion and MCQ – Experience. The instrument, created by Fornerino, Helme-Guizon and Gotteland (2008) allows measuring movie consumption in terms of immersion, the intensity of emotions and the intensity of social interactions during the screening. The Polish adaptation of the tool involved two stages, whose participants were movie-goers attending screening events at a cinema ( N=577). The factor structure of the adapted instrument strongly resembles that obtained in the original study (RMSEA<0.08, CFI>0.95, SRNR<0.08) and has demonstrated very good internal consistency (α>0.8, ω>0.8). Criterion validity was also verified through the use of questionnaires that examine the following: affect – PANAS-X (Fajkowska & Marszał-Wiśniewska, 2009), emotionality – HEXACO (Szarota et al., 2007) and mindfulness – Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (Skala Świadomej Obecności; Radoń, 2014). Results of the analyses suggest that the adapted scales may be used as satisfactory tools for measuring movie consumption. By the same token, they may be useful in further psychological exploration of the movie screening phenomenon, with particular regard to immersion, emotional reactions and social interactions of the viewer.

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Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS): factorial validity and psychometric properties in a sample of medical students in Malaysia

The Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice ◽

10.1108/jmhtep-02-2015-0011 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 305-316 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Cheng-Kar Phang ◽

Firdaus Mukhtar ◽

Normala Ibrahim ◽

Sherina Mohd. Sidik

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Content Type ◽

Stress Scale ◽

Mindful Attention ◽

Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

Purpose The principles of mindfulness have been increasingly applied in medical education for stress reduction. One of the most often used measures for mindfulness research is the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). The purpose of this paper is to determine the factor structure, and investigate its reliability and validity in a sample of multi-ethnic medical students in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach In total, 590 medical students were involved in the study. After minor modification of the MAAS, a test battery including sociodemographic information, the MAAS, Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Five-facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS), and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was administered to the participants. Findings Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a one-dimensional factor structure of the MAAS. Cronbach’s α coefficient of the scale was 0.92 and in a sub-sample (n=118), it showed satisfactory temporal stability in two weeks period. There were significant positive correlations with SHS, SWLS, and four subscales of FFMQ scores (convergent validity); and negative correlations (discriminant validity) with the DASS and PSS scores (p<0.05). In another sub-sample (n=52) who participated in a four-week mindfulness-based intervention, the scale showed significant change in scores (p=0.002). Originality/value The study provided preliminary results supporting the use of the MAAS as a valid, reliable and stable factor structure of mindfulness measure among medical students in Malaysia.

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Psychometric Assessment of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) Among Chinese Adolescents

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191111415365 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 42-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 80

Author(s):

David S. Black ◽

Steve Sussman ◽

C. Anderson Johnson ◽

Joel Milam

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Chinese Adolescents ◽

Trait Mindfulness ◽

Short Scale ◽

Track Record ◽

Mindful Attention ◽

Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽

The One ◽

Additional Variance

The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) has the longest empirical track record as a valid measure of trait mindfulness. Most of what is understood about trait mindfulness comes from administering the MAAS to relatively homogenous samples of Caucasian adults. This study rigorously evaluates the psychometric properties of the MAAS among Chinese adolescents attending high school in Chengdu, China. Classrooms from 24 schools were randomly selected to participate in the study. Three waves of longitudinal data ( N = 5,287 students) were analyzed. MAAS construct, nomological, and incremental validity were evaluated as well as its measurement invariance across gender using latent factor analyses. Participants’ mean age was 16.2 years ( SD = 0.7), and 51% were male. The 15-item MAAS had adequate fit to the one-dimensional factor structure at Wave 1, and this factor structure was replicated at Wave 2. A 6-item short scale of the MAAS fit well to the data at Wave 3. The MAAS maintained reliability (Cronbach’s α = .89-.93; test–restest r = .35-.52), convergent/discriminant validity, and explained additional variance in mental health measures beyond other psychosocial constructs. Both the 15- and 6-item MAAS scales displayed at least partial factorial invariance across gender. The findings suggest that the MAAS is a sound measure of trait mindfulness among Chinese adolescents. To reduce respondent burden, the MAAS 6-item short-scale provides an option to measure trait mindfulness.

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Supplemental Material for General Inattentiveness Is a Long-Term Reliable Trait Independently Predictive of Psychological Health: Danish Validation Studies of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1037/pas0000196.supp ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

Psychological Health ◽

Validation Studies ◽

Mindful Attention ◽

Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

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“My Life during the Lockdown”: Emotional Experiences of European Adolescents during the COVID-19 Crisis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18147638 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (14) ◽

pp. 7638

Author(s):

Alberto Forte ◽

Massimiliano Orri ◽

Martina Brandizzi ◽

Cecilia Iannaco ◽

Paola Venturini ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Emotional Reactions ◽

Self Report ◽

Emotional Experiences ◽

Point Scale ◽

School Students ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Public Health Strategies ◽

Web Platform

This study investigates, using an online self-report questionnaire, adolescents’ emotional reactions during the lockdown in a sample of 2105 secondary school students (aged 14–19) in Italy, Romania, and Croatia. We used a self-reported online questionnaire (answers on a 5-point scale or binary), composed of 73 questions investigating the opinions, feelings, and emotions of teenagers, along with sociodemographic information and measures of the exposure to lockdown. The survey was conducted online through a web platform in Italy (between 27 April and 15 June 2020), Romania, and Croatia (3 June and 2 July 2020). Students aged >14 years, living in a small flat, and not spending time outside were more likely to report anger, sadness, boredom/emptiness, and anxiety. Boys were significantly less likely than girls to report all measured emotional reactions. Those who lost someone from COVID-19 were more than twice as likely to experience anger compared to those who did not. Our findings may help identifying adolescents more likely to report negative emotional reactions during the COVID-19 pandemic and inform public health strategies for improving mental health among adolescents during/after the COVID-19 crisis.

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

Mindfulness ◽

10.1007/s12671-014-0314-2 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 759-766 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Riin Seema ◽

Jordan T. Quaglia ◽

Kirk Warren Brown ◽

Anna Sircova ◽

Kenn Konstabel ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mindful Attention ◽

Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽

Present Tense

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Social Judgments as a Measure of Right Mindfulness

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/2158244016686811 ◽

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.

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The Structure of Adolescent Temperament and Associations with Psychological Functioning: A Replication and Extension of Snyder et al. (2015)

10.31234/osf.io/cx4tv ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Katherine M. Lawson ◽

Olivia E. Atherton ◽

Richard W. Robins

Keyword(s):

Relational Aggression ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Psychological Functioning ◽

Effortful Control ◽

Psychological Research ◽

Original Study ◽

Latent Factors ◽

Using Data ◽

R Factors ◽

Adolescent Functioning

The present study attempts to replicate and extend Snyder et al. (2015, JPSP). The original study examined the latent factor structure of the EATQ-R, a commonly used measure of adolescent temperament, and then showed that the resulting latent factors (i.e., Effortful Control, Negative Emotionality, and Positive Emotionality) had theoretically meaningful concurrent associations with various measures of adolescent functioning (depression, anxiety, ADHD, relational aggression, and school performance and behavior). We performed these same analyses using data from a large sample of Mexican-origin youth (N=674), and also examined prospective associations between the three EATQ-R factors and measures of adolescent functioning assessed two years later. We found some evidence supporting the bifactor model fit reported in the original study but poor replication of the correlations among latent factors. Additionally, model comparisons demonstrated that correlated factors models led to more interpretable factors than the bifactor models. In contrast, we replicated most, but not all, of the concurrent correlations (and extended the findings to prospective associations) between the EATQ-R factors and measures of adolescent functioning, supporting the construct validity of the EATQ-R as a measure of adolescent temperament. Thus, these findings raise concerns about the generalizability of the factor structure identified by Snyder et al. (2015), but bolster claims about the generalizability of the concurrent and predictive validity of the EATQ-R. Overall, meaningful differences between the present findings and those of Snyder et al. highlight the importance of ongoing construct validation in youth temperament research, especially with participants from groups traditionally underrepresented in psychological research.

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

SMAD Revista Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool e Drogas (Edição em Português) ◽

10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2020.167701 ◽

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.

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