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Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness-Revised (MAIA-R) Test

With 32 questions taking about 6 minutes, the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness-Revised (MAIA-R) Test explores how you notice, attend to, and respond to sensations in your body. Your result highlights patterns in sensing, attention, emotional states, and self-regulation, offering a practical starting point for self-reflection and mindful understanding.

Questions: 326 minutes

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Scale Explorer

How the Scales are Structured

TrustingT

Measures how safe and reliable you experience your bodily sensations and signals to be.

example score2/5

2/5Moderate trustexample score

0 – 1.8Low trust

1.9 – 3.1Moderate trust

3.2 – 5High trust

A score of 2 indicates moderate trust, suggesting you sometimes experience your body as reliable but may also have moments of doubt about bodily signals.

Self-RegulationSR

Measures how well you can use bodily sensations as cues to actively regulate your emotional and physiological state.

example score3/5

3/5Developing body-based regulationexample score

0 – 2.2Limited body-based regulation

2.2 – 4.2Developing body-based regulation

4.2 – 5Strong body-based regulation

A score of 3 suggests a developing ability to notice bodily signals and use them to help steady or shift your state, especially with practice or supportive conditions.

Awareness of Positive Emotional StatesAoPES

Measures how well you notice bodily sensations that accompany positive emotions.

example score2/5

2/5Moderateexample score

0 – 1.8Low

1.8 – 3.2Moderate

3.2 – 5High

A score of 2 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting you sometimes notice the physical signs of positive feelings but may not consistently tune into them.

Awareness of Negative Emotional StateAoNES

Measures how well you notice bodily sensations that accompany negative emotional states.

example score2/5

2/5Low awarenessexample score

0 – 2.3Low awareness

2.4 – 3.7Moderate awareness

3.8 – 5High awareness

A score of 2 indicates low awareness, meaning you may not consistently notice physical signals (e.g., tension or changes in breathing) when experiencing negative emotions.

Attention RegulationAR

Measures how well a person can maintain and regulate attention toward bodily sensations.

example score1/5

1/5Lowexample score

0 – 1.5Low

1.6 – 3.5Moderate

3.6 – 5High

A score of 1 falls in the Low range, suggesting attention to internal bodily signals is harder to sustain or direct consistently in daily life.

Not WorryingNW

Measures how calmly a person responds to bodily discomfort or pain without escalating into strong anxiety.

example score3/5

3/5Moderately calmexample score

0 – 1.8Anxiety-prone

1.8 – 3.8Moderately calm

3.8 – 5Calm and resilient

A score of 3 falls in the Moderately calm range, suggesting you usually stay fairly steady when experiencing unpleasant sensations, though anxiety may rise in more intense situations.

Not DistractingND

Measures how much you can stay with sensations of pain or discomfort rather than distracting yourself from them.

example score3/5

3/5Mixed responseexample score

0 – 1.4High distraction

1.4 – 4.1Mixed response

4.1 – 5Not easily distracted

A score of 3 falls in the Mixed response range, suggesting you can sometimes stay with unpleasant sensations but may also shift attention away in certain situations.

NoticingN

Measures how well you notice uncomfortable, comfortable, and neutral bodily sensations in everyday life.

example score3/5

3/5Moderate observationexample score

0 – 2.8Low observation

2.8 – 3.8Moderate observation

3.8 – 5High observation

A score of 3 falls in the moderate range, suggesting you generally notice bodily signals, though some sensations may be easier to detect than others.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Anxiety and stress copers

41%OF USERS

People dealing with anxiety, stress, or mood swings take it to understand how their body signals emotions and how to regulate them.

Therapy and coaching clients

33%OF USERS

Clients in psychotherapy, body-oriented therapy, or coaching use it to map their body awareness patterns and support a tailored intervention plan.

Athletes and mindful performers

26%OF USERS

Athletes, dancers, and other high performers take it to improve focus, recovery, and self-regulation by noticing subtle internal cues.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

TrustT

You?

Average3.6

Typical rangeTypical2.9 – 4.4

Possible0 – 5

Self-regulationS

You?

Average2.6

Typical rangeTypical1.6 – 3.5

Possible0 – 5

Awareness of Positive AffectAoPA

You?

Average2.8

Typical rangeTypical2 – 3.7

Possible0 – 5

Awareness of Negative EMAoNE

You?

Average2.9

Typical rangeTypical2 – 3.7

Possible0 – 5

Attention RegulationAR

You?

Average3.6

Typical rangeTypical2.8 – 4.5

Possible0 – 5

Absence of AnxietyAoA

You?

Average1.6

Typical rangeTypical0.9 – 2.3

Possible0 – 5

Not a distractionNad

You?

Average2.7

Typical rangeTypical1.9 – 3.5

Possible0 – 5

ObservationO

You?

Average2

Typical rangeTypical1.2 – 2.9

Possible0 – 5

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- Always
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- Always
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- Always

These are 3 of the 32 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness-Revised (MAIA-R) Test - Description and methodology of the test

emotionality

self-regulation

People who want to understand their relationship with bodily signals can use an interoceptive awareness test for structured self-reflection. It can clarify whether attention to sensations feels accessible, distracting, emotionally informative, or regulating. The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness-Revised (MAIA-R) Test suits readers exploring links among body perception, attention, emotion, and calm. Its profile describes tendencies, not a single verdict.

What This Assessment Explores

This body awareness assessment reports eight scales, each scored 0-5, with low, moderate, and high bands on the result screen.

Trusting measures bodily safety (low 0-1.8; moderate 1.9-3.1; high 3.2-5).
Noticing measures awareness of comfortable, neutral, and uncomfortable sensations (low 0-2.8; moderate 2.8-3.8; high 3.8-5).
Self-Regulation measures body-based regulation (limited 0-2.2; developing 2.2-4.2; strong 4.2-5).
Awareness of Positive Emotional States and Awareness of Negative Emotional State each describe sensing of affect, with low, moderate, and high bands in the same 0-5 range.
Attention Regulation, Not Worrying, and Not Distracting describe inward focus, calm with pain, and attending to discomfort rather than turning away from it.

Together the scales sketch how noticing, emotion, and regulation combine in everyday body awareness, without collapsing the profile into a single total.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

The MAIA-R questionnaire is a self-report measure using six ordered choices: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Very often, and Always. Items address interoceptive attention, emotional sensing, regulation, discomfort, and trust. The result organizes responses within corresponding dimensions and displays 0-5 values with the listed bands; no additional point rule should be inferred from a range.

The method is conceptually consistent with MAIA-R (Popova & Lopukhova, 2022) and the original MAIA (Mehling et al., 2012), but those publications do not show that this online version reproduces their samples, item key, norms, or administration procedures. Interpret higher values as more of the named tendency, not as a diagnosis. No clinical norms or new standardization are claimed. Current stress, symptoms, attention, and response candor can affect self-report, so the profile is best used to notice patterns for broader exploration.

Author: Cynthia J. Price, Wolf E. Mehling

Literature:

Popova, Rezeda R., and Olga G. Lopukhova. (2022). Russian Adaptation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA-R). Moscow University Psychology Bulletin, 2, 214-248. 10.11621/vsp.2022.02.10
Mehling, Wolf E., Cynthia Price, Jennifer J. Daubenmier, Mike Acree, Elizabeth Bartmess, and Anita Stewart. (2012). The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA). PLOS ONE, 7(11), e48230. 10.1371/journal.pone.0048230

Updated: 2025-10-02