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Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) quantifies how often you move through daily life on “autopilot.” The 15-item inventory reframes common lapses—forgetting names, missing sensations—as inverse indicators of present-moment awareness, producing a single 1–6 summary score.
This tool averages your self-ratings and places the result inside clearly labelled interpretation bands. A built-in reactive engine instantly redraws a semicircular gauge, while your selections remain entirely within the browser for immediate, private feedback.
Professionals and individuals use the scale to monitor meditation progress, evaluate attention training, or initiate reflective coaching sessions. *Results do not replace personalised clinical assessment.* **Results do not constitute a clinical diagnosis.**
The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale treats mindfulness as a trait-like capacity for sustained, non-judgmental awareness of present experience. Each item is scored on a 1 (Almost Always) to 6 (Almost Never) Likert range. Higher numbers indicate rarer mind-wandering incidents and therefore greater mindfulness. The mean across all fifteen responses forms the MAAS index.
Score Range | Band | Meaning |
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1 – 3.00 | Low | Below-average present awareness |
3.01 – 4.50 | Moderate | Typical everyday awareness |
4.51 – 6.00 | High | Above-average mindful attention |
Band labels provide qualitative guidance only; no authoritative cut-off distinguishes “healthy” from “unhealthy” mindfulness.
Sample responses averaging 4.27 place the user in the Moderate Mindfulness band. Gauge needle rests just right of centre, reflecting typical present-moment awareness.
Scale development: Brown & Ryan (2003). Reviews: Baer et al. (2006); Park et al. (2020). Studies link higher MAAS scores to improved emotional regulation and reduced rumination.
The computation never leaves the device and processes no legally protected health information.
Complete the inventory once you are free from distractions.
The number reflects how frequently you stay present. Lower scores suggest more mind-wandering; higher scores indicate stronger mindfulness habits.
No. All calculations occur locally; nothing is transmitted, logged, or retained after you close the page.
Yes. Refreshing resets responses, letting you monitor changes over time without interference from previous entries.
Psychologists Kirk Brown and Richard Ryan introduced the scale in 2003 to operationalise dispositional mindfulness for research.
No. The scale screens for attention patterns but cannot diagnose medical or psychological conditions.