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. 2019 Mar 27;10:630. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00630

Table 1.

Descriptive data for religious belief status, practice-related variables, and psychological adjustment outcomes.

Variables Total (n = 210)
Religious belief status, Yes 91 (43.3)
Prayer
-Session length (minutes)
Mn (SD) 8.57 (17.52)
-Frequency of practice
Daily 34 (16.2)
3–4 times/week 16 (7.6)
Once a week or less 19 (9.0)
Never 141 (67.1)
-Lifetime practice (months)
Mn (SD) 81.02 (161.78)
Focused attention
-Session length (minutes)
Mn (SD) 15.95 (12.97)
-Frequency of practice
Daily 72 (34.3)
3–4 times/week 62 (29.5)
Once a week or less 50 (23.8)
Never 26 (12.4)
-Lifetime practice (months)
Mn (SD) 82.75 (102.69)
Open monitoring
-Session length (minutes)
Mn (SD) 14.93 (15.81)
-Frequency of practice
Daily 57 (27.1)
3–4 times/week 57 (27.1)
Once a week or less 58 (27.6)
Never 38 (18.1)
-Lifetime practice (months)
Mn (SD) 72.28 (93.89)
Compassion meditation
-Session length (minutes)
Mn (SD) 12.91 (21.65)
-Frequency of practice
Daily 18 (8.6)
3–4 times/week 36 (17.1)
Once a week or less 63 (30.0)
Never 93 (44.3)
-Lifetime practice (months)
Mn (SD) 37.85 (80.02)
PHI, Mn (SD) 8.01 (1.11)
PANAS-Positive, Mn (SD) 37.86 (6.26)
RDQ, Mn (SD) 11.31 (12.33)
PANAS-Negative, Mn (SD) 15.28 (5.76)
EOPS, Mn (SD) 31.32 (9.09)

PHI, Pemberton Happiness Index. PANAS-Positive, positive affect. RDQ, Remission from Depression Questionnaire. PANAS-Negative, negative affect. EOPS, Emotional Overproduction Scale Values are frequencies and percentages (%) except for age (in years), length of sessions (in minutes), experience of practice (in months), happiness (from 0 to 10), positive affect (from 10 to 50), depression (from 0 to 82), negative affect (from 10 to 50), and emotional overproduction (from 13 to 65), which are means (Mn) and standard deviations (SD).