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).