Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants.
| Total sample (n = 34) |
Controls (n = 17) |
Meditators (n = 17) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age† | 49.47 (8.16) | 48.59 (9.91) | 50.35 (6.11) | 0.536 |
| Sex, Male‡ | 24 (70.60) | 11 (64.70) | 13 (76.50) | 0.452 |
| Education, University‡ | 18 (52.9%) | 10 (58.8%) | 8 (47.1%) | 0.492 |
| BMI† | 24.32 (1.94) | 23.73 (2.13) | 24.91 (1.58) | 0.078 |
| Months of Practice† | 106.47 (123.06) | 0.00 (0.00) | 212.94 (84.54) | <0.001 |
| MAAS† (range 1–6) | 3.93 (0.60) | 3.42 (0.25) | 4.43 (0.38) | <0.001 |
| FFMQ observing† (range 8–40) | 26.38 (2.76) | 23.94 (1.03) | 28.82 (1.43) | <0.001 |
| FFMQ describing† (range 8–40) | 27.44 (2.06) | 26.00 (1.12) | 28.88 (1.76) | <0.001 |
| FFMQ acting† (range 8–40) | 30.35 (2.89) | 27.88 (1.50) | 32.82 (1.43) | <0.001 |
| FFMQ non judging† (range 8–40) | 29.29 (4.08) | 26.41 (3.81) | 32.18 (1.47) | <0.001 |
| FFMQ non reacting† (range 7–35) | 24.00 (2.58) | 22.88 (2.47) | 25.12 (2.23) | 0.009 |
| HADS anxiety† (range 0–21) | 1.74 (1.52) | 3.06 (0.90) | 0.41 (0.51) | <0.001 |
| HADS depression† (range 0–21) | 2.50 (2.02) | 4.12 (1.05) | 0.88 (1.32) | <0.001 |
| CDRISC resilience† (range 0–100) | 27.91 (3.68) | 24.53 (1.59) | 31.29 (1.05) | <0.001 |
| SHS happiness† (range 4–28) | 23.77 (3.65) | 21.00 (1.80) | 26.53 (2.83) | <0.001 |
| SCS common humanity† (range 2–8) | 5.00 (1.16) | 4.47 (1.01) | 5.53 (1.07) | 0.006 |
| SCS mindfulness† (range 2–8) | 4.97 (1.53) | 3.71 (0.77) | 6.24 (0.90) | <0.001 |
| SCS self-kindness† (2–10) | 4.88 (0.91) | 4.47 (0.88) | 5.29 (0.77) | 0.007 |
| SLWS satisfaction† (range 5–35) | 28.15 (2.36) | 26.71 (2.20) | 29.59 (1.50) | <0.001 |
| AAQ-II avoidance† (range 7–49) | 18.65 (4.44) | 22.41 (1.58) | 14.88 (2.83) | <0.001 |
Figures represent means, standard deviations (†), and the p-value associated with a t contrast between the control group and the meditators group, except for sex and education, where the figures represent frequencies and percentages (‡) and the p-value associated with a χ2 contrast. Range indicates the bounds of the scales for each psychological variable.