Assessing Adolescent Mindfulness: Validation of an Adapted Mindful Attention Awareness Scale in Adolescent Normative and Psychiatric Populations
Assessing Adolescent Mindfulness: Validation of an Adapted Mindful Attention Awareness Scale in Adolescent Normative and Psychiatric Populations
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10.1037/a0021338
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发表时间：
2011-12-01
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3.6
通讯作者：
Biegel, Gina M.
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作者：
Brown, Kirk Warren;West, Angela Marie;Biegel, Gina M.
人们对针对儿童和青少年的正念干预措施的兴趣正在迅速增长，因此需要经过验证的工具来评估青少年的正念。本研究旨在在青少年中验证以前针对成年人验证的正念测量（例如，Brown & Ryan，2003），我们在此将其称为青少年正念注意力意识量表（MAAS-A）。在 2 个大型 14 至 18 岁健康青少年样本 (N = 595) 中，研究 1 支持单因素 MAAS-A 结构，以及可接受的高内部一致性、重测可靠性以及并发有效性和增量有效性。在研究 2 中，以 102 名 14-18 岁精神科门诊青少年为样本，随机接受基于正念的减压干预的参与者显示，从基线到 3 个月随访，MAAS-A 评分显着增加，而正常治疗参与者的评分变化不显着。基于正念减压的参与者 MAAS-A 分数的提高与许多心理健康指标的有益变化显着相关。研究结果支持 MAAS-A 在规范和混合精神病青少年人群中的可靠性和有效性，并表明 MAAS-A 在正念干预研究中具有实用性。
Interest in mindfulness-based interventions for children and adolescents is burgeoning, bringing with it the need for validated instruments to assess mindfulness in youths. The present studies were designed to validate among adolescents a measure of mindfulness previously validated for adults (e. g., Brown & Ryan, 2003), which we herein call the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-Adolescent (MAAS-A). In 2 large samples of healthy 14- to 18-year-olds (N = 595), Study 1 supported a single-factor MAAS-A structure, along with acceptably high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and both concurrent and incremental validity. In Study 2, with a sample of 102 psychiatric outpatient adolescents age 14- 18 years, participants randomized to a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention showed significant increases in MAAS-A scores from baseline to 3-month follow-up, relative to nonsignificant score changes among treatment-as-usual participants. Increases in MAAS-A scores among mindfulness-based stress reduction participants were significantly related to beneficial changes in numerous mental health indicators. The findings support the reliability and validity of the MAAS-A in normative and mixed psychiatric adolescent populations and suggest that the MAAS-A has utility in mindfulness intervention research.