Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for all study variables including t test comparisons between groups

Variable	Intervention	Time	n	M	SD	t test, p
FFMQ Observe	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	27.14	5.56	0.386
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	28.22	6.17	0.385
FFMQ Describe	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	26.82	6.83	0.002
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	30.78	5.00	0.003
FFMQ Act	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	23.11	5.72	0.068
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	25.20	4.92	0.069
FFMQ Nonjudge	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	24.82	7.52	0.792
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	25.20	6.01	0.792
FFMQ Nonreact	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	20.93	5.37	0.404
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	21.80	4.36	0.405
Death of Oneself	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	32.84	10.19	0.625
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	33.93	10.79	0.625
Death of Others	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	41.95	6.68	0.749
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	41.44	8.23	0.749
Oneself Dying	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	22.23	5.73	0.630
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	22.78	5.00	0.631
Others Dying	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	26.48	5.07	0.572
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	25.80	6.13	0.571
Self-Compassion	Mindfulness	Baseline	44	20.20	6.29	0.803
	Contemplation	Baseline	45	20.51	5.22	0.803
FFMQ Observe	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	34	27.62	5.33	0.278
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	34	29.15	6.18	0.278
FFMQ Describe	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	34	27.65	6.49	0.008
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	34	31.41	4.80	0.009
FFMQ Act	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	34	24.59	5.71	0.209
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	34	26.18	4.55	0.209
FFMQ Nonjudge	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	34	27.56	7.42	0.576
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	34	26.62	6.36	0.576
FFMQ Nonreact	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	34	22.65	4.41	0.844
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	34	22.44	4.19	0.844
Death of Oneself	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	34	33.62	3.45	0.351
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	34	32.88	2.99	0.351
Death of Others	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	34	33.41	2.41	0.637
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	34	33.12	2.69	0.637
Oneself Dying	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	34	16.85	1.97	0.632
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	34	17.09	2.07	0.632
Others Dying	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	34	32.62	3.73	0.999
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	34	32.62	3.85	0.999
Self-Compassion	Mindfulness	Post-intervention	32	21.56	5.64	0.660
	Contemplation	Post-intervention	33	22.12	4.50	0.661
FFMQ Observe	Mindfulness	Follow-up	31	28.48	5.70	0.363
	Contemplation	Follow-up	34	29.91	6.76	0.359
FFMQ Describe	Mindfulness	Follow-up	31	29.55	5.89	0.024
	Contemplation	Follow-up	34	32.65	4.89	0.025
FFMQ Act	Mindfulness	Follow-up	31	24.61	5.85	0.052
	Contemplation	Follow-up	34	27.32	5.18	0.053
FFMQ Nonjudge	Mindfulness	Follow-up	31	27.84	8.61	0.862
	Contemplation	Follow-up	34	27.50	7.03	0.863
FFMQ Nonreact	Mindfulness	Follow-up	31	23.39	5.09	0.997
	Contemplation	Follow-up	34	23.38	4.86	0.997
Death of Oneself	Mindfulness	Follow-up	31	32.45	10.21	0.923
	Contemplation	Follow-up	34	32.71	10.97	0.923
Death of Others	Mindfulness	Follow-up	31	40.06	6.42	0.288
	Contemplation	Follow-up	34	38.29	6.86	0.287
Oneself Dying	Mindfulness	Follow-up	33	18.30	3.58	0.814
	Contemplation	Follow-up	35	18.09	3.99	0.813
Others Dying	Mindfulness	Follow-up	33	31.12	5.83	0.684
	Contemplation	Follow-up	35	31.77	7.18	0.682
Self-Compassion	Mindfulness	Follow-up	44	15.75	11.07	0.399
	Contemplation	Follow-up	45	17.73	11.00	0.399