Table 2.
Participant characteristics, meditation rating visual analogue scores (VAS) and Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) task word list order for focused attention meditation and open monitoring meditation groups, and the overall sample
| Focused attention meditation | Open monitoring meditation | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | ||||
| N | 16 | 18 | 34 | |
| Gender | 10 F, 6 M | 13 F, 5 M | p = .54 | 23 F, 11 M |
| Age (yrs) | 23.8 (4.0) | 23.1 (2.7) | p = .52 | 23.4 (3.3) |
| MAAS | 3.55 (1.1) | 3.95 (0.8) | p = .24 | 3.75 (1.0) |
| Meditation VAS | ||||
| Effort | 46.6 (31.3) | 40.9 (31.1) | p = .60 | 43.6 (30.9) |
| Motivation | 68.9 (24.6) | 76.0 (25.9) | p = .42 | 72.7 (25.2) |
| Success | 67.6 (23.8) | 59.7 (28.1) | p = .38 | 63.4 (26.1) |
| DRM task | ||||
| List order | 9 AB, 7 BA | 8 AB, 10 BA | p = .49 | 17 AB, 17 BA |
Group and sample size, gender and DRM list order are presented as count data. All other data are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD). MAAS is the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (Brown & Ryan, 2003). DRM list order AB, for example, represents study of list A at pre-meditation and list B at post-meditation phases