Table 1. Characteristics of individuals and leisure stays.
| Meditation retreat | Vacation-with-meditation | Vacation-without-meditation | total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | ||||||||
| m | sd | m | sd | m | sd | m | sd | p | group | |
| n | 59 | 37 | 24 | 120 | ||||||
| Age (years) | 49.5 | 13.8 | 54.0 | 11.8 | 52.5 | 10.4 | 51.5 | 12.7 | 0.216 | |
| Sex (females) | 35 (59%) | 24 (65%) | 17 (71%) | 76 (63%) | 0.598 | |||||
| Partner (yes) | 20 (34%) | 25 (68%) | 14 (58%) | 59 (49%) | 0.003 | 1–2 | ||||
| Paid work (yes) | 44 (75%) | 29 (78%) | 20 (83%) | 93 (78%) | 0.679 | |||||
| Language (English) | 55 (93%) | 22 (60%) | 17 (71%) | 94 (78%) | < .001 | 1–2 | ||||
| Years of meditation practice | 10.1 | 10.2 | 14.1 | 11.0 | 13.9 | 8.9 | 12.1 | 10.3 | 0.108 | |
| Average habitual meditation practice per week (hours) | 5.3 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 0.801 | |
| Duration of the stay (days) | 13.8 | 7.9 | 15.4 | 8.1 | 15.0 | 6.5 | 14.5 | 7.7 | 0.554 | |
| Meditation practice per week during stay (hours) | 33.8 | 12.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 18.3 | < .001 | 1–2. 1–3. 2–3 |
| Relaxation (T2) | 12.5 | 4.0 | 15.9 | 3.2 | 15.3 | 4.1 | 14.1 | 4.1 | < .001 | 1–2. 1–3 |
| Mastery (T2) | 16.7 | 2.7 | 13.5 | 3.6 | 12.5 | 3.9 | 14.9 | 3.7 | < .001 | 1–2. 1–3 |
| Control (T2) | 10.2 | 3.8 | 14.9 | 3.6 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 12.5 | 4.3 | < .001 | 1–2. 1–3 |
| Acting with awareness (T1) | 29.7 | 5.7 | 31.9 | 5.8 | 30.4 | 6.1 | 30.5 | 5.9 | 0.198 | |
| Fatigue (T1) | 23.0 | 6.9 | 22.9 | 6.8 | 23.8 | 6.1 | 23.1 | 6.7 | 0.865 | |
| Emotional well-being (T1) | 19.1 | 4.8 | 18.8 | 5.0 | 18.3 | 4.2 | 18.8 | 4.7 | 0.766 | |
Note: T1: 10 days before the stay, T2: 10 days after the stay, T3: 10 weeks after the stay; significant (p < .05) group differences refer to differences between the 3 stays and are based on the Scheffé-Test indicated in the right hand column.