A modified version of the mindful attention and awareness scale (MAAS)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-64

  Höfling, Volkmar ^a   Moosbrugger, Helfried ^a   Schermelleh Engel, Karin ^a   Heidenreich, Thomas ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ESSLINGEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Item wording effects; Method effects; Mindfulness; Multitrait multimethod analysis; Positively and negatively worded items

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751496617     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000045     Document Type: Article

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