Table 5. Reliability, Item-scale correlations, and Descriptive Statistics for MAIA Scales.
| Scale | # of items | Item numbers | Alpha | Range of item-scale correlations | Mean (SD)a | Observed rangeb |
| Noticing | 4 | 1–4 | 0.69 | 0.35–0.56 | 3.94 (.59) | 1.50–5.00 |
| Not-Distracting | 3 | 5R, 6R, 7R | 0.66 | 0.45–0.49 | 3.20 (.87) | 0.00–5.00 |
| Not-Worrying | 3 | 8R, 9R, 10 | 0.67 | 0.44–0.47 | 3.27 (.84) | 0.67–5.00 |
| Attention regulation | 7 | 11–17 | 0.87 | 0.54–0.74 | 3.79 (.64) | 1.67–5.00 |
| Emotional awareness | 5 | 18–22 | 0.82 | 0.51–0.72 | 4.16 (.64) | 1.80–5.00 |
| Self-regulation | 4 | 23–26 | 0.83 | 0.63–0.70 | 3.86 (.74) | 1.75–5.00 |
| Body listening | 3 | 27–29 | 0.82 | 0.64–0.73 | 3.50 (.87) | 0.67–5.00 |
| Trusting | 3 | 30–32 | 0.79 | 0.53–0.68 | 4.13 (.74) | 1.00–5.00 |
a
All scales are scored so that a higher score is more positive body awareness; thus Distracting and Worrying are scored so that a high score is less distracting and less worrying.
b
Possible range from 0–5.
R = reversed scored items.