User Manual: Inquisit Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA)


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						Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 02-22-2018
last updated:  02-24-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 02-24-2022 Millisecond Software

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BACKGROUND INFO 	
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This script implements a computerized version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA)
as described in:

Mehling WE, Price C, Daubenmier JJ, Acree M, Bartmess E, Stewart A. (2012) The Multidimensional Assessment of 
Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA). PLoS ONE 7(11): e48230. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048230

more info, as well as paper and pencil survey at:
http://www.osher.ucsf.edu/maia/

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OVERVIEW
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32 6-point Likert scale, self-report
											  
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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 3 minutes to complete

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DATA FILE INFORMATION 
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The default data stored in the data files are:

(1) Raw data file: 'maia.iqdat'

date, time:						date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber 
subject, group, session:	  	with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build:							the Inquisit build 

q*_response:					response given (in assigned values)
									Scale: 0(never)-5(always)
									R = automatically reversed scored questions
									
q*_latency:						how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular 
								question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)

(2) Summary data file: 'maia_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

inquisit.version:				Inquisit version run
computer.platform:				the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
startDate:						date script was run
startTime:						time script was started
subjectid:						assigned subject id number
groupid:						assigned group id number
sessionid:						assigned session id number
elapsedTime:					time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
completed:						0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 
								1 = script was completed (all conditions run)

Subscale scores: the higher the scores the more positive the body awareness (Range: 0-5)

Noticing:						mean of (q1,q2,q3,q4)
NotDistracting:					mean of (q5R,q6R,q7R) R=reversed scored
NotWorrying:					mean of (q8R,q9R,q10) R=reversed scored
AttentionRegulation:			mean of (q11,q12,q13,q14,q15,q16,q17)
EmotionalAwareness:				mean of (q18,q19,q20,q21,q22)
SelfRegulation:					mean of (q23,q24,q25,q26)
BodyListening:					mean of (q27,q28,q29)
Trusting:						mean of (q30,q31,q32)

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INSTRUCTIONS 
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see published paper and pencil survey at: http://www.osher.ucsf.edu/maia/

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EDITABLE CODE 
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check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. 
Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code 
to further customize your experiment.

The parameters you can change are:

/pageinstructions:			the instructions that appear at the top of each surveypage