Table 2.
Observed and expected numbers and percentages of participants in restoration skills training (ReST) and conventional mindfulness training (CMT) courses who 6 months after the course indicated that they had continued to practice mindfulness occasionally (i.e., at least several times) since the course ended and regularly (i.e., at least once per week).
| Occasional practice | Regular practice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReST | CMT | ReST | CMT | ||
| Any form of practice | Obs (Exp) | 34 (29.8) | 20 (24.2) | 13 (13.8) | 12 (11.2) |
| % of the sample | 92% | 67% | 35% | 40% | |
| Test statistics | (χ2 = 6.74, p = 0.009, φ = 0.317) | (χ2 = 0.17, p = 0.682, φ = 0.050) | |||
| Formal practice | Obs (Exp) | 15 (13.8) | 10 (11.2) | 1 (1.7) | 2 (1.3) |
| % of the sample | 41% | 33% | 3% | 7% | |
| Test statistics | (χ2 = 0.37, p = 0.544, φ = 0.074) | (χ2 = 0.61, p = 0.583*, φ = 0.095) | |||
| Informal practice | Obs (Exp) | 29 (25.4) | 17 (20.6) | 8 (7.2) | 5 (5.8) |
| % of the sample | 78% | 57% | 22% | 17% | |
| Test statistics | (χ2 = 3.63, p = 0.057, φ = 0.233) | (χ2 = 0.26, p = 0.610, φ = 0.062) | |||
| Daily life | Obs (Exp) | 32 (28.2) | 19 (22.8) | 9 (10.5) | 10 (8.5) |
| % of the sample | 87% | 63% | 24% | 33% | |
| Test statistics | (χ2 = 4.89, p = 0.027, φ = 0.270) | (χ2 = 0.66, p = 0.416, φ = 0.099) | |||
*Fisher’s Exact p. Data are given for the composite classification including all three forms of practice, and separately for formal practice, informal practice, and use of mindfulness in daily life. Note that the classification of occasional practice includes all participants who reported having practiced “several times” or more, including those who reported practicing regularly. Chi-square test statistics are given for each group contrast. All analyses comprise 37 ReST participants and 30 CMT participants (1 CMT participant was excluded due to missing practice data), although observed and expected numbers are only shown for those participants who endorsed having practiced in the given form and frequency. Each analysis has one degree of freedom.