Rayan Ahmad, Ahmad Muayyad
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, and Assistant Dean, Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Faculty of Nursing, Clinical Nursing Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2018 Jun;32(3):444-448. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2018.01.001. Epub 2018 Jan 3.
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties and the theoretical structure of the mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS) with parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Jordan.
A sample of 104 parents of children with ASD in Jordan completed the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to assess the factor structure of MAAS. Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's alpha. The convergent validity was assessed using Pearson's product-moment correlations between the MAAS and measures of psychological distress and Quality of life.
A confirmatory factor analysis showed that the modified 13-item MAAS fits the data significantly better than the original 15-item model. However, both the 13-item and the 15-item models showed a single factor structure, with excellent internal consistency and convergent validity.
This preliminary study supports using the MAAS in Arab parents of children with ASD.
本研究旨在检验约旦自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童家长的正念注意觉知量表（MAAS）的心理测量特性和理论结构。
约旦104名ASD儿童家长参与了本研究。进行探索性和验证性因素分析以评估MAAS的因素结构。使用克朗巴哈系数评估内部一致性。使用MAAS与心理困扰和生活质量测量指标之间的皮尔逊积差相关性评估收敛效度。
验证性因素分析表明，修改后的13项MAAS比原始的15项模型对数据的拟合度显著更好。然而，13项和15项模型均显示出单因素结构，具有出色的内部一致性和收敛效度。
这项初步研究支持在约旦ASD儿童的阿拉伯家长中使用MAAS。
