Wellbeing and resilience
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)
A questionnaire on how far you manage to keep your attention on the present moment in everyday life.
NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)
- 15 questions
- About 4 minutes
- For adults
These tests are for screening. A result is not a diagnosis: only a psychiatrist or psychologist can make one, after talking with you.
Your answers are scored on this device and never sent. Only your result is saved, with the email address you confirm.
Confirm your email address
Before the test we send a 6-digit code to your email address. Your result is saved with it, so that our team can help you if you wish. The email with the code contains no health information.
The statements below are about your everyday life. Mark how often each one happens to you these days. Think about how things really are, not how you feel they ought to be, and judge each statement on its own.
Choosing an answer takes you to the next question. You can go back at any time.
Your result
Your mindfulness score
The higher the score, the more often you keep your attention on the present moment; there is no set cut-off for this scale. If your score is low and you often feel you are living on “autopilot”, mindfulness exercises or a psychologist who works in this area may help. Comparing your results with your own earlier results gives the most useful information.
- Total score
- out of 90
Take your result as a rough guide, not a diagnosis. How you feel over time, and a conversation with a specialist, tell much more than a questionnaire.
Talk it through with a specialist
If your result worries you, or you would like to talk it through, our psychiatrists can review it with you, free and without obligation.
Brown KW, Ryan RM (2003). Turkish adaptation: Özyeşil Z, Arslan C, Kesici Ş, Deniz ME (2011).
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.
About this test
Mindfulness means turning your attention to what is happening right now, with acceptance and without judging it. This scale asks how often you go through daily life on “autopilot”; it has 15 items and takes about 4 minutes. Scores range from 15 to 90, and a higher score means more mindfulness. The result is not a diagnosis.
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) · Brown KW, Ryan RM (2003). Turkish adaptation: Özyeşil Z, Arslan C, Kesici Ş, Deniz ME (2011).
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.