The Adaptive Arc

Attention Awareness Test

How often do you move through your day with intentional awareness, and how often on autopilot?

15 questions About 4 minutes Free and private

1You will respond to 15 short statements about how you use your attention in everyday life.
2For each one, choose how often it happens for you, from Almost always to Almost never. Answer as best you can, based on what really happens rather than what you think should happen. There are no right or wrong answers.
3No data is collected from this test. Your answers stay in your browser, and any results are deleted when you close the test.
4When you finish, a report of your results with an explanation will be generated, which you can download as a PDF.

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How often does this happen for you?

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Your Attention Awareness Report

Top 25% of adults (above 3rd quartile, 4.67)

2nd to 3rd quartile (4.20 to 4.67)

1st to 2nd quartile (3.73 to 4.20)

Bottom 25% of adults (below 1st quartile, 3.73)

Your score

2nd quartile (median, 4.20)

Quartiles are estimated from the published adult average (4.20) and standard deviation (0.69), assuming scores are normally distributed.

What your score means

Your score is the average of your 15 responses. Each statement describes a moment of running on autopilot, so answering Almost never scores 6 and Almost always scores 1.

Higher scores (closer to 6) indicate a greater tendency toward day-to-day mindful awareness, better self-regulation, optimism and self-esteem.

Lower scores (closer to 1) indicate a greater tendency toward frequent lapses in attention, a tendency to function on "automatic pilot," and negative emotional states.

Attention awareness is not fixed. Like any skill, it responds to practice, so your score today is a starting point rather than a verdict.

No data is stored. Your responses and results exist only in this browser window and are deleted when you close it.

This attention test is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a diagnostic or formal test.

This test is the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(4), 822.