Table 2. Mean Scores for Dispositional Flow, Mindfulness, and Confusion Before and After the Yoga Program.
Scale | Construct | Yoga | Control | F-Statistic | ||||
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DFS-2 | Challenge | 15.72±2.17 | 16.19±2.20 | 16.36±2.77 | 16.33±2.84 | 0.17 | 1.05 | 0.48 |
Merging | 12.49±2.45 | 13.12±2.70 | 13.44±2.40 | 13.34±2.81 | 0.16 | 0.37 | 0.22 | |
Clear Goals | 15.72±2.20 | 16.32±2.36 | 16.28±2.55 | 16.10±2.69 | 1.07 | 0.49 | 0.41 | |
Unambiguous Feedback | 14.76±2.38 | 15.32±2.64 | 14.79±3.42 | 14.19±3.92 | 3.79t | 1.07 | 0.92 | |
Concentration | 13.42±2.76 | 14.14±2.54 | 13.72±2.43 | 13.43±2.67 | 1.67 | 0.05 | 0.89 | |
Control | 13.46±2.62 | 14.51±2.34 | 13.84±2.91 | 14.01±3.24 | 1.79 | 1.27 | 0.47 | |
Loss of Self-Consciousness | 10.34±2.86 | 12.05±2.92 | 10.67±3.19 | 11.28±3.82 | 1.66 | 1.06 | 0.40 | |
Transformation of Time | 13.29±2.67 | 13.71±2.95 | 12.09±3.72 | 12.10±3.29 | 1.42 | 0.39 | 0.50 | |
Autotelic | 15.76±1.88 | 16.25±2.08 | 15.74±2.60 | 15.49±3.02 | 1.94 | 2.44 | 2.86 | |
Experience Total Flow | 124.96±13. 21 | 131.61±14. 45 | 126.94±14. 41 | 126.25±18. 67 | 4.51* | 1.36 | 0.90 | |
FFMQ | Observing | 28.90±4.99 | 28.75±5.56 | 27.60±4.86 | 26.00±5.99 | 3.29 | 4.44 * | 1.51 |
Describing | 26.41±6.80 | 28.19±6.14 | 28.86±6.10 | 30.11±6.86 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
Awareness (All Years) | 26.76±4.22 | 28.54±4.39 | 27.29±5.43 | 27.16±5.43 | 3.50 | 2.66 | 6.42* | |
26.20±4.04 | 28.43±4.56 | 27.40±6.35 | 25.80±6.37 | 8.94** | n/a | n/a | ||
Awareness (2006) | ||||||||
27.60±4.44 | 28.70±4.22 | 27.20±4.80 | 28.35±4.29 | 0.20 | n/a | n/a | ||
Awareness (2007) | ||||||||
Non-Judging | 25.50±7.70 | 28.76±7.47 | 26.80±6.52 | 27.69±7.96 | 1.84 | 0.11 | 0.61 | |
Non-Reacting | 21.28±3.62 | 21.65±3.28 | 21.31±4.06 | 21.22±3.70 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.00 | |
Total Mindfulness | 128.85±14.01 | 135.89±15. 66 | 131.86±18.74 | 132.17±20.50 | 3.68 | 1.04 | 1.88 | |
POMS | Confusion | 10.00±4.62 | 7.27±3.26 | 8.22±5.46 | 8.80±5.39 | 4.24* | 0.41 | 0.43 |
Note: DFS-2 = Dispositional Flow Scale; FFMQ = Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire; POMS = Profile of Mood States; n/a = Not Applicable. Means are displayed separately by year for situations in which the results were different between years. t =
p = 0.05;
= p < 0.05;
= p < 0.01.