Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
| Characteristics | Total (N=288) | Intervention group (n=150) | Control group (n=138) | P value | |||||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 19.4 (1.5) | 19.5 (1.6) | 19.3 (1.4) | .26 | |||||
| Sex, n (%) | .76 | ||||||||
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Female | 181 (62.8) | 93 (62.0) | 88 (63.8) | |||||
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Male | 107 (37.2) | 57 (38.0) | 50 (36.2) | |||||
| Residency, n (%) | .99 | ||||||||
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Urban | 238 (82.6) | 124 (82.7) | 114 (82.6) | |||||
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Rural | 50 (17.4) | 26 (17.3) | 24 (17.4) | |||||
| Group sports, n (%) | .65 | ||||||||
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Group sports | 83 (28.8) | 45 (30.0) | 38 (27.5) | |||||
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Individual sports | 205 (71.2) | 105 (70.0) | 100 (72.5) | |||||
| Dispositional anxiety, mean (SD) | 2.2 (0.8) | 2.7 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.8) | .35 | |||||
| Precompetition anxiety, mean (SD) | 1.9(0.7) | 1.9 (0.7) | 1.8 (0.7) | .75 | |||||
| Anxiety during competition, mean (SD) | 2.1 (0.6) | 2.1 (0.6) | 2.1 (0.6) | .96 | |||||
| FFMQa-observe, mean (SD) | 3.1 (0.7) | 3.1 (0.7) | 3.1 (0.7) | .62 | |||||
| FFMQ-describe, mean (SD) | 3.3 (0.6) | 3.3 (0.6) | 3.4 (0.6) | .59 | |||||
| FFMQ-aware, mean (SD) | 3.6 (0.6) | 3.6 (0.6) | 3.6 (0.6) | .76 | |||||
| FFMQ-nonjudgemental, mean (SD) | 3.0 (0.6) | 3.0 (0.6) | 3.0 (0.6) | .72 | |||||
| FFMQ-nonreactivity, mean (SD) | 2.9 (0.6) | 2.9 (0.6) | 2.90 (0.6) | .81 | |||||
aFFMQ: Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire.