The Nondual Awareness Dimensional Assessment (NADA): New tools to assess nondual traits and states of consciousness occurring within and beyond the context of meditation.

2018/07/30 by Adam W. Hanley, Yoshio Nakamura, Eric L. Garland · 2 citations
Psychology · #Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion #Psychology #Meditation #Context (archaeology) #Consciousness #Psychometrics #Test validity #Developmental psychology #Clinical psychology #Social psychology #Cognitive psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/pas0000615

openalex publication_date 2018/07/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/02

Abstract

= 53) comparing participants receiving a mindfulness induction (i.e., body scan) with those in an attention control group revealed state effects of mindfulness on nondual awareness using two, alternate forms of the NADA-S. Thus, the NADA-T appears to be psychometrically sound, representing a novel, standardized instrument capable of facilitating quantitative investigation of nondual awareness. Furthermore, the NADA-S may be useful for measuring fluctuations in nondual states of awareness evoked during mindfulness meditation practice and other contemplative techniques designed to transform consciousness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

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