Table 1.
General linear model for repeated measures: changes in self-report assessments from Pre- to posttest for each group.
| Questionnaires | GLM | Paired t-tests | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM | PR | WLC | ||||||
| Pretest | Posttest | Pretest | Posttest | Pretest | Posttest | |||
| df | F | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Anxiety | ||||||||
| STAI state | 2.69 | 9.34* | 1.93 (.41) | 1.78 (.39) | 1.92 (.37) | 1.78 (.29) | 1.78 (.35) | 2.16 (.49)* |
| STAI trait | 2.69 | 9.75* | 1.94 (.44) | 1.78 (.33)* | 1.95 (.43) | 1.83 (.43) | 1.90 (.34) | 2.16 (.42)* |
| Attention | ||||||||
| AC-correct answer | 2.69 | .19 | 105.7 (20.8) | 118.5 (19.4) | 101.6 (24.8) | 111.3 (23.4) | 105.8 (18.8) | 117.7 (17.7) |
| AC-errors | 2.69 | .58 | .53 (.90) | 1.19 (4.6) | 1.04 (1.9) | .75 (1.6) | .59 (.79) | .41 (.73) |
| AC-omissionsa | 2.69 | .49 | 10.8 (8.3) | 7.1 (5.2)* | 10.7 (14.1) | 8.4 (7.1) | 13.1 (7.8) | 12.2 (5.6) |
| AC-total score | 2.68 | .35 | 93.6 (21.9) | 111.0 (20.3) | 89.8 (29.8) | 102.2 (24.7) | 92.5 (20.5) | 107.2 (20.5) |
| Task ratings | ||||||||
| Anxiety DT | 2.53 | 4.50* | 5.73 (2.62) | 3.95 (2.0)* | 5.09 (2.2) | 5.24 (2.1) | 5.81 (2.5) | 6.50 (2.0) |
| Difficulty DT | 2.53 | 5.0* | 6.94 (2.0) | 5.26 (1.9)** | 6.90 (1.8) | 6.90 (1.8) | 7.25 (2.1) | 7.38 (1.3) |
| VAL-E | 2.68 | 3.86* | 1.43 (.47) | 1.70 (.55)* | 1.44 (.69) | 1.70 (.73) | 1.81 (.82) | 1.47 (.64) |
| ARO-E | 2.68 | 3.41* | 7.75 (1.2) | 6.97 (.90)* | 7.24 (1.8) | 7.40 (.97) | 7.36 (1.5) | 7.47 (1.3) |
| VAL-N | 2.68 | .31 | 5.68 (.85) | 6.18 (1.3) | 5.98 (1.3) | 6.24 (1.3) | 6.18 (.99) | 6.43 (1.3) |
| ARO-N | 2.68 | .09 | 2.81 (1.5) | 2.77 (1.5) | 3.24 (1.8) | 3.22 (1.5) | 2.47 (1.5) | 2.61 (1.3) |
GLM: general linear model for repeated measures; FM: focused meditation; PR: progressive relaxation; WLC: wait-list control; STAI: state trait anxiety inventory; AC: atenção concentrada (concentrated attention); DT: discriminant task; VAL-E: assessment of valence in emotional condition; ARO-E: assessment of arousal in emotional condition; VAL-N: assessment of valence in neutral condition; ARO-N: assessment of arousal in neutral condition.
aStudent's t-test.
*P < .05; **P < .001.