Mindful Attractiveness Case Study
Patient Background & History: Meghanne is a 21-year-old white female. She is completing her third year at the University of Minnesota and will be graduating this May. She works part time as a receptionist and lives with her male partner and their mutual friend. Meghanne has struggled with anxiety and stress since she was young, but in her final semester of her undergraduate career, she has noticed that her mind wandered more often and she became more physically tense in response to stressors. She states that it has been difficult for her to focus on one thing at a time because she will lose focus and become absentminded. This has created issues when dealing with school work and her part time job as a receptionist. Though this lack of focus
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She completed the MAAS (Mindful Attention Awareness Scale) twice that week. The MAAS is a 15 item psychometrically sound measure examining automatic inattentiveness as the underlying latent trait of mindfulness. of mindfulness in everyday life (Brown & Ryan, 2003). The MAAS quantifies mindfulness through a series of responses to statements with a Likert scale; 1 being almost always and 6 being almost never. The assessment’s questions were answered by accounting for the past three days of experiences. For example an item would be read “In the three days, I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.” This was done to reduce the variation seen by mood or activity during any specific day and get a better idea of her perceptions of mindfulness on a week by week basis. All of the items are scored with lower numbers being less mindfulness. Meghanne’s initial measurement reported lower scores (M=2.73, SD=1.163) than the sample of college students measured (N=2277; M=3.83, SD=.70). Based on her background, she appears to have cycled through the stages a couple of times and is now in the contemplation stage once again (Prochaska & Norcross, 2001). She appears ready for change though nervous about feeling as though she has too little time again. This feeling of lacking time sometimes increased her anxiety or stress and proved to be somewhat more harmful than helpful. Meghanne is still optimistic about the potential for an exercise that is also supportive of a mindful and calm environment and will attempt the treatment with hope for
She completed the MAAS (Mindful Attention Awareness Scale) twice that week. The MAAS is a 15 item psychometrically sound measure examining automatic inattentiveness as the underlying latent trait of mindfulness. of mindfulness in everyday life (Brown & Ryan, 2003). The MAAS quantifies mindfulness through a series of responses to statements with a Likert scale; 1 being almost always and 6 being almost never. The assessment’s questions were answered by accounting for the past three days of experiences. For example an item would be read “In the three days, I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.” This was done to reduce the variation seen by mood or activity during any specific day and get a better idea of her perceptions of mindfulness on a week by week basis. All of the items are scored with lower numbers being less mindfulness. Meghanne’s initial measurement reported lower scores (M=2.73, SD=1.163) than the sample of college students measured (N=2277; M=3.83, SD=.70). Based on her background, she appears to have cycled through the stages a couple of times and is now in the contemplation stage once again (Prochaska & Norcross, 2001). She appears ready for change though nervous about feeling as though she has too little time again. This feeling of lacking time sometimes increased her anxiety or stress and proved to be somewhat more harmful than helpful. Meghanne is still optimistic about the potential for an exercise that is also supportive of a mindful and calm environment and will attempt the treatment with hope for