Psychometric Properties of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in a First-Episode Psychosis Sample

C González-Blanch; LA Medrano; S O’Sullivan; I Bell; J Nicholas; R Chambers; JF Gleeson; M Alvarez-Jimenez

Journal article

Psychometric Properties of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in a First-Episode Psychosis Sample

C González-Blanch, LA Medrano, S O’Sullivan, I Bell, J Nicholas, R Chambers, JF Gleeson, M Alvarez-Jimenez

Psychological Assessment | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1037/pas0001077

Abstract

Despite the considerable growth in mindfulness-based research in the field of psychosis, few attempts have been made to validate mindfulness instruments in this population. This study aimed to evaluate the factorial structure, internal consistency, construct validity, and longitudinal measurement invariance of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in a sample of individuals with first-episode psychosis (FEP). In a sample of 150 individuals with remitted FEP, the present study explored the factor structure, measurement invariance, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity of the MAAS. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a single-factor solution, which showed temporal stabili..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank the Orygen Youth Advisory Council and Orygen Youth Research Council for their input into the development of Horyzons. The authors also wish to thank the inspiring and generous young people who took part in the study. The HORYZONS trial was supported by the Mental Illness Research Fund from the State Government of Victoria. Cesar Gonzalez-Blanch was supported by a Research Intensification Grant (INT/A19/02) from the IDIVAL. Shaunagh O'Sullivan was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1144563). Mario Alvarez-Jimenez was supported by a Career Development Fellowship (APP1082934), an Investigator Grant (APP1177235) from the National Health and Medical Research Council and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship from The University of Melbourne. This study was not preregistered. The data used for this study are available from the corresponding author upon request.