Table 4.
Paired sample t-test: Sleeper effect for psychological inflexibility and self-compassion.
| Measure | Post-treatment | Follow-up | t score | df | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | S.E. Mean | Mean | SD | S.E. Mean | ||||
| AAQ-II | |||||||||
| Psychological Inflexibility | 25.00 | 6.90 | 1.54 | 18.80 | 7.51 | 1.68 | 3.29 | 19 | 0.004 |
| SCS | |||||||||
| Self-Compassion Total | 3.31 | 0.71 | 0.16 | 3.59 | 0.83 | 0.18 | −1.48 | 19 | 0.155 |
| Self-Kindness | 3.17 | 0.92 | 0.21 | 3.51 | 0.89 | 0.20 | −1.54 | 19 | 0.141 |
| Self-Judgment | 2.91 | 0.80 | 0.18 | 2.71 | 0.99 | 0.22 | 0.85 | 19 | 0.407 |
| Common Humanity | 3.45 | 0.85 | 0.19 | 3.79 | 0.84 | 0.19 | −1.45 | 19 | 0.163 |
| Isolation | 2.63 | 0.78 | 0.18 | 2.41 | 1.05 | 0.23 | 0.89 | 19 | 0.386 |
| Mindfulness | 3.41 | 0.73 | 0.16 | 3.84 | 0.93 | 0.21 | −2.25 | 19 | 0.036 |
| Over-identification | 2.66 | 0.75 | 0.17 | 2.50 | 1.05 | 0.23 | 0.76 | 19 | 0.457 |
n=20. AAQ-II, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire–II; SCS, Self-Compassion Scale. The Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was utilized to assess the VLQ total score and VLQ subscale scores (see Table 5).