Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale
This is a collection of statements about your everyday experience. Using the 1-6 scale, please indicate how frequently or infrequently you currently have each experience. Please answer according to what really reflects your experience rather than what you think your experience should be. Please treat each item separately from every other item.
Should take < 5 minutes.
Brown and Ryan (2003)
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I could be experiencing some emotion and not be conscious of it until some time later.
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Almost Never
1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I break or spill things because of carelessness, not paying attention, or thinking of something else.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I find it difficult to stay focused on what's happening in the present.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I tend to walk quickly to get where I'm going without paying attention to what I experience along the way.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I tend to not notice feelings of physical tension or discomfort until they really grab my attention.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I forget a person's name almost as soon as I've been told it for the first time.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
It seems I am "running on automatic," without much awareness of what I'm doing.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I get so focused on the goal I want to achieve that I loose touch with what I'm doing right now to get there.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I do jobs or tasks automatically, without being aware of what I'm doing.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I find myself listening to someone with one ear, doing something else at the same time.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I drive places on "automatic pilot" and then wonder why I went there.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I find myself preoccupied with the future or the past.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I find myself doing things without paying attention.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
I snack without being aware of what I'm eating.
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1 is Almost Always, 6 is Almost Never
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