Table 7.

Hierarchical regression analysis of the relationship of spiritual practices and mystical experience to the outcome measures.

Outcome Measure	Spiritual Practices* entered first					Change in model adding post-session mystical experience score (MEQ30)					Beta (standardized coefficient)				t				p
	R 2	F	d	f	p	R2 change	F	d	f	p	Meditation	Awareness	Journaling	MEQ**	Meditation	Awareness	Journaling	MEQ	Meditation	Awareness	Journaling
Mysticism Scale: (Lifetime) – total score	0.113	2.97	3	70	0.038	0.560	118.34	1	69	0.000	0.268	1.052	1.790	14.342	−1.09	0.06	0.34	10.88	0.282	0.949	0.736
Faith Maturity Scale	0.231	7.01	3	70	0.000	0.264	36.00	1	69	0.000	0.077	0.301	0.512	4.100	2.54	1.10	0.53	6.00	0.013	0.276	0.600
Positive Religious Coping	0.201	5.87	3	70	0.001	0.066	6.19	1	69	0.015	0.041	0.160	0.272	2.183	1.22	0.95	1.84	2.49	0.227	0.344	0.070
Daily Spiritual Experience Scale – total score	0.293	9.52	3	69	0.000	0.254	38.12	1	68	0.000	0.087	0.340	0.578	4.679	3.43	2.08	−0.04	6.17	0.001	0.042	0.966
Death Transcendence Scale – total score	0.058	1.44	3	70	0.239	0.285	29.93	1	69	0.000	0.124	0.486	0.826	6.616	−0.37	−0.52	0.70	5.47	0.712	0.606	0.489
Gratitude Questionnaire	0.050	1.24	3	70	0.302	0.166	14.62	1	69	0.000	0.023	0.089	0.151	1.208	1.98	−0.31	−1.75	3.82	0.052	0.761	0.085
Coherence (Life meaning and purpose)	0.084	2.11	3	69	0.107	0.329	38.06	1	68	0.000	0.052	0.204	0.347	2.811	1.64	−1.08	0.38	6.17	0.105	0.282	0.708
Trait Forgiveness Scale	0.083	2.10	3	70	0.108	0.100	8.43	1	69	0.005	0.043	0.167	0.284	2.277	1.79	0.12	−0.09	2.90	0.078	0.901	0.927
Forgiveness – benevolence motivations	0.116	2.96	3	68	0.038	0.196	19.04	1	67	0.000	0.038	0.148	0.250	2.041	2.24	0.43	−0.63	4.36	0.029	0.673	0.533
Forgiveness – avoidance motivations	0.120	3.10	3	68	0.032	0.081	6.77	1	67	0.011	0.054	0.211	0.357	2.914	−2.77	−0.31	0.91	−2.60	0.007	0.761	0.367
Sanctification of Strivings	0.173	4.86	3	70	0.004	0.131	12.99	1	69	0.001	0.008	0.031	0.053	0.422	1.32	0.94	1.10	3.60	0.191	0.351	0.275
Schwartz Value Scale – Tradition	0.060	1.49	3	70	0.224	0.091	7.37	1	69	0.008	0.008	0.030	0.051	0.411	0.06	0.66	0.46	2.72	0.954	0.515	0.644
Interpersonal closeness	0.079	2.01	3	70	0.121	0.065	5.26	1	69	0.025	0.010	0.037	0.064	0.509	0.98	0.95	0.10	2.29	0.332	0.348	0.923
Observer-rated spiritual/religious sentiments	0.141	3.73	3	68	0.015	0.291	34.36	1	67	0.000	0.076	0.281	0.485	3.868	2.68	0.50	−1.38	5.86	0.009	0.617	0.173
Observer-rated positive behavior and attitude change score	0.248	7.71	3	70	0.000	0.031	2.97	1	69	0.089	0.037	0.146	0.249	1.995	0.85	2.00	2.11	1.72	0.400	0.049	0.039
Positive attitudes about life, self, mood, altruism, behavior, and spirituality***	0.170	4.44	3	65	0.007	0.542	120.35	1	64	0.000	0.001	0.005	0.008	0.069	0.85	0.77	0.75	10.97	0.397	0.445	0.458
Personal meaning of session experiences	0.132	3.50	3	69	0.020	0.551	118.26	1	68	0.000	0.009	0.036	0.059	0.472	−2.17	0.56	0.71	10.88	0.033	0.578	0.482
Spiritual significance of session experiences	0.132	3.49	3	69	0.020	0.619	169.17	1	68	0.000	0.007	0.027	0.045	0.359	−0.90	0.69	0.36	13.01	0.372	0.490	0.719
Change in well-being/life satisfaction	0.166	4.57	3	69	0.006	0.436	74.53	1	68	0.000	0.006	0.023	0.038	0.303	−0.73	1.26	1.08	8.63	0.471	0.214	0.284

The first 15 measures are total scores from measures shown in Table 6 and the last four measures are from Table 5; bold font indicates probability <.05.

^*Spiritual Practices were: Meditation (minutes per day), Spiritual Awareness Practice (times per day), and Journaling (times per week).

^**MEQ: Mean total score of the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30).

^***This participant-rated measure is a composite total score of the 6 subscales in Table 5 that assessed positive effects attributed to psilocybin session experiences.