Table 2.
Inter-item Pearson’s correlations and descriptive statistics on data used in CFA
| Item | Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. I prefer to be accomplishing something. | 3.26 | 1.14 | 1.00 | |||||||||||
| 2. Meditation might be boring. | 2.77 | 1.25 | 0.43 | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| 3. It is a waste of time to sit and do nothing. | 2.34 | 1.15 | 0.43 | 0.70 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| 4. I don’t know much about meditation. | 3.20 | 1.16 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.34 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| 5. There is no quiet place where I can meditate. | 2.58 | 1.33 | −0.01 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 1.00 | |||||||
| 6. I don’t have time. | 2.87 | 1.33 | 0.17 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.21 | 0.48 | 1.00 | ||||||
| 7. There is never a time when I can be alone. | 2.55 | 1.30 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.73 | 0.55 | 1.00 | |||||
| 8. I would not know if I were doing it right. | 2.94 | 1.24 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.59 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 1.00 | ||||
| 9. I’m concerned meditation will conflict with my religion. | 1.65 | 0.97 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 1.00 | |||
| 10. My family would think it was unusual. | 2.10 | 1.14 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.42 | 1.00 | ||
| 11. I don’t believe meditation can help me. | 2.26 | 1.15 | 0.22 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.25 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 1.00 | |
| 12. I wonder if meditation might harm me. | 1.60 | 0.95 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.65 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 1.00 |