Table 2.
Raw relationships between the practice-related variables of prayer and meditation techniques and the different psychological adjustment outcomes.
| Prayer |
FA |
OM |
CM |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length of | ||||||||
| sessions | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p |
| PHI | 0.05 | 0.468 | 0.20 | 0.003 | -0.05 | 0.503 | 0.13 | 0.054 |
| PANAS-Positive | 0.06 | 0.406 | 0.15 | 0.026 | -0.04 | 0.607 | 0.21 | 0.003 |
| RDQ | -0.07 | 0.350 | -0.21 | 0.002 | -0.03 | 0.612 | -0.04 | 0.526 |
| PANAS-Negative | -0.06 | 0.372 | -0.22 | 0.002 | -0.05 | 0.437 | 0.05 | 0.481 |
| EOPS | 0.01 | 0.881 | -0.18 | 0.008 | -0.04 | 0.578 | -0.08 | 0.232 |
| Practice frequency | ||||||||
| PHI | 0.16 | 0.023 | 0.09 | 0.211 | 0.06 | 0.415 | 0.16 | 0.022 |
| PANAS-Positive | 0.10 | 0.176 | -0.03 | 0.656 | 0.04 | 0.616 | 0.08 | 0.260 |
| RDQ | -0.12 | 0.084 | -0.13 | 0.055 | -0.11 | 0.129 | -0.09 | 0.203 |
| PANAS-Negative | -0.13 | 0.052 | -0.13 | 0.058 | -0.08 | 0.270 | -0.02 | 0.801 |
| EOPS | -0.08 | 0.224 | -0.03 | 0.665 | -0.07 | 0.337 | 0.01 | 0.882 |
| Lifetime practice | ||||||||
| PHI | 0.10 | 0.159 | 0.23 | 0.001 | 0.23 | 0.001 | 0.14 | 0.047 |
| PANAS-Positive | 0.01 | 0.903 | 0.23 | 0.001 | 0.22 | 0.001 | 0.14 | 0.046 |
| RDQ | -0.06 | 0.418 | -0.18 | 0.009 | -0.17 | 0.017 | -0.09 | 0.180 |
| PANAS-Negative | -0.06 | 0.389 | -0.18 | 0.011 | -0.15 | 0.029 | -0.07 | 0.326 |
| EOPS | -0.03 | 0.627 | -0.19 | 0.007 | -0.24 | 0.001 | -0.08 | 0.251 |
Prayer, practice of prayer. FA, focused attention. OM, open monitoring. CM, compassion meditation. PHI, Pemberton Happiness Index. PANAS-Positive, positive affect. RDQ, Remission from Depression Questionnaire. PANAS-Negative, negative affect. EOPS, Emotional Overproduction Scale. r, Pearson’s r coefficient. p, p-value.