Table 5.

SEMMP by Practice Characteristics (score range 0–72)

	N	Mean	SD	Statistical Test
Age	199	58.75	9.67	rho = −0.035, p = 0.641
Gender  Male  Female	47 136	61.66 59.79	11.26 9.67	t-test t(181) = 1.096, p = 0.274
Education  Some college/school  Bachelor’s degree  Advanced degree	18 39 126	57.28 63.03 59.84	7.21 8.99 10.64	ANOVA F(2, 180) = 2.389, p = 0.095
Income  <24,999  25,000–49,999  50,000–99,999  100,000 or more  Declined to answer	20 25 57 58 23	61.25 61.88 60.68 58.89 60.09	12.68 11.38 8.94 10.36 8.57	ANOVA F(4, 178) = 0.494, p = 0.740
Years of practice  <3 years  4–6 years  7–9 years  10+ years	77 38 17 53	59.36 57.45 63.24 62.36	9.72 9.58 12.85 9.44	ANOVA F(4, 178) = 1.711, p = 0.149
Practice frequency (per week)  <1x  1x  2x  3x  4x  5x  6x  7x  >7x	7 13 29 20 30 17 21 15 34	54.00 59.62 57.69 62.55 55.60 63.24 61.14 57.73 66.88	10.30 8.56 9.80 8.86 10.59 8.44 8.69 8.15 9.70	ANOVA F(8, 177) = 4.209, p <0.05
Instructor status  Instructor  Not an instructor	49 137	67.12 58.07	8.64 9.42	t-Test t(184) = −6.146, p < 0.05
MBSR participation  Yes  No	116 70	60.22 60.83	9.53 10.86	t-Test t(184) = 0.385, p = 0.701
SMR participation  Yes  No	129 57	61.43 58.23	9.59 10.7	t-Test t(184) = −1.943, p = 0.055

Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance, MBSR, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, SD, standard deviation, SEMMP, Self-Efficacy of Mindfulness Practice scale, SMR, silent meditation retreat,