Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the sample: original data
| Mindfulness group (N = 71–72) |
Waitlist control group (N = 71–74) |
t or χ2 value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 46.7 (11.1) | 45.5 (9.6) | −0.74 |
| Female | 49 (68 %) | 52 (70 %) | 0.01 |
| Low education | 22 (31 %) | 17 (23 %) | 0.72 |
| Working ≥ 32 h/week | 23 (32 %) | 26 (35 %) | 0.05 |
| Psychotropics | 17 (24 %) | 26 (35 %) | 1.81 |
| Body mass index | 23.9 (4.4) | 24.3 (4.0) | 0.52 |
| NA | 16.0 (5.1) | 17.2 (5.00) | 1.43 |
| SI | 12.4 (6.5) | 11.4 (6.3) | −0.93 |
| Type D | 41 (57 %) | 43 (58 %) | 0.00 |
| State negative affect | −0.11 (1.00) | 0.11 (1.00) | 1.29 |
| General mindfulness | 3.44 (0.68) | 3.32 (0.68) | −1.06 |
| Accept | 31.1 (8.8) | 29.2 (7.9) | −1.40 |
| Observe | 44.0 (11.6) | 44.8 (7.9) | 0.45 |
Low education = high-school, midlevel vocation education or lower; NA negative affectivity, SI social inhibition; for state negative affect standardized scores are shown; all p > .10