Mindfulness test

(MAAS) Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale

1. I could be experiencing some emotion and not be conscious of it until some time later.

2. I break or spill things because of carelessness, not paying attention, or thinking of something else.

3. I find it difficult to stay focused on what’s happening in the present.

4. I tend to walk quickly to get where I’m going without paying attention to what I experience along the way.

5. I tend not to notice feelings of physical tension or discomfort until they really grab my attention.

6. I forget a person’s name almost as soon as I’ve been told it for the first time.

7. It seems I am “running on automatic,” without much awareness of what I’m doing.

8. I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.

9. I get so focused on the goal I want to achieve that I lose touch with what I’m doing right now to get there.

10. I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.

11. I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.

12. I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.

13. I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.

14. I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.

15. I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.




Reference:

Brown, K.W. & Ryan, R.M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 822-848.