MINDFULNESS AND GENDER: A PILOT QUANTITATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Mindfulness is often referred to as a receptive state of mind in which attention simply observes what is taking place at the present moment.Mindfulness research has flourished in the fields such as neuroscience and psychology, yet, it still lacks in the field of information systems (IS), especially with quantitative studies.This research conducted a pilot quantitative study that uses the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) (Brown & Ryan, 2003) to measure the mindfulness disposition among IS college students.It also examines the role of gender in mindfulness disposition.The results show that the IS college students' mindfulness dispositions are satisfactory.Female students have a wider variance in mindfulness dispositions than male students.In addition, it was unexpectedly observed that the subjective survey results corresponded to the objective mindful/non-mindful behavior of the survey subjects.