Abstract
The present study examined the reliability and validity of a Chinese translation of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
(MAAS). Three questionnaires, the MAAS, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and the brief version of the World
Health Organization’s Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF), were completed by 263 Chinese undergraduates (207 males, 56 females).
Seventy of these students were assessed again with the MAAS after 20 days to evaluate the scale’s test–retest reliability.
Results from confirmatory factory analysis indicated that a one-factor solution fit the MAAS data satisfactorily. Reliability
coefficients, including Cronbach’s alpha, Guttman split-half, item–total correlations, and test–retest, were also satisfactory.
Addressing validity, the MAAS was negatively correlated with PANAS negative affect and positively associated with PANAS positive
affect as well as with the quality of life indexed by the WHOQOL-BREF. The Chinese version of the MAAS appears to be a reliable
and valid instrument to assess levels of mindfulness in a Chinese college population.
(MAAS). Three questionnaires, the MAAS, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and the brief version of the World
Health Organization’s Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF), were completed by 263 Chinese undergraduates (207 males, 56 females).
Seventy of these students were assessed again with the MAAS after 20 days to evaluate the scale’s test–retest reliability.
Results from confirmatory factory analysis indicated that a one-factor solution fit the MAAS data satisfactorily. Reliability
coefficients, including Cronbach’s alpha, Guttman split-half, item–total correlations, and test–retest, were also satisfactory.
Addressing validity, the MAAS was negatively correlated with PANAS negative affect and positively associated with PANAS positive
affect as well as with the quality of life indexed by the WHOQOL-BREF. The Chinese version of the MAAS appears to be a reliable
and valid instrument to assess levels of mindfulness in a Chinese college population.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category ORIGINAL PAPER
- Pages 1-5
- DOI 10.1007/s12671-011-0074-1
- Authors
- Yu-Qin Deng, Institute of Neuroinformatics and Laboratory for Body and Mind, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
- Song Li, Institute of Neuroinformatics and Laboratory for Body and Mind, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
- Yi-Yuan Tang, Institute of Neuroinformatics and Laboratory for Body and Mind, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
- Lian-Hua Zhu, Center for Studies in Higher Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
- Richard Ryan, Department of Clinical and Social Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
- Kirk Brown, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
- Journal Mindfulness
- Online ISSN 1868-8535
- Print ISSN 1868-8527