TABLE 3.

Post-hoc comparison of practitioner group differences on subjective happiness, CWN and dispositional mindfulness.

Dispositional mindfulness
				Sidak comparisons: p-value [CI for the difference]
Meditation practice	n	Mean	SD	1	2	3
1. Non-practitioner	119	3.66	0.46
2. Infrequent/novice meditator	82	3.80	0.52	0.121 [−0.027, 0.337]	–
3. Advanced meditator	92	4.33	0.58	<0.001 [0.512, 0.865]	<0.001 [0.346, 0.722]	–
Subjective happiness
				Fisher’s LSD (p-value) [CI for the difference]
Meditation practice	n	Mean	SD	1	2	3
1. Non-practitioner	119	3.71	1.49	–
2. Infrequent/novice meditator	82	4.39	1.25	0.001 [0.274, 1.081]	–
3. Advanced meditator	92	4.82	1.39	<0.001 [0.715, 1.496]	0.044 [0.011, 0.845]	–
Connectedness with nature (CWN)
				Fisher’s LSD (p-value) [CI for the difference]
Meditation practice	n	Mean	SD	1	2	3
1. Non-practitioner	119	3.57	0.71	–
2. Infrequent/novice meditator	82	3.91	0.70	0.011 [0.058, 0.444]	–
3. Advanced meditator	92	4.11	0.61	<0.001 [0.273, 0.646]	0.041 [0.009, 0.408]	–