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Published in final edited form as: Mindfulness (N Y). 2022 Sep 20;13(10):2641–2651. doi: 10.1007/s12671-022-01985-6

Table 2.

Initial and Current Motivation for Meditation

	Full Sample (n = 434)			Current Meditators (n = 283)
Motivation	Initial Mean (SD)	Initial Mean (SD)	Current Mean (SD)	%Change	McNemar’s χ²	p _{FDR adjusted}	p _raw
Awakening	0.15 (0.35)	0.19 (0.39)	0.25 (0.43)	0.06	7.36	.008^**	.006
Cultural	0.12 (0.32)	0.12 (0.33)	0.12 (0.33)	0.00	0.04	.847	.847
Mental Health	0.74 (0.44)	0.76 (0.43)	0.89 (0.32)	0.13	20.90	<.001^***	<.001^***
Physical Health	0.16 (0.37)	0.17 (0.38)	0.37 (0.48)	0.19	39.29	<.001^***	<.001^***
Spiritual	0.28 (0.45)	0.32 (0.47)	0.43 (0.50)	0.11	13.83	<.001^***	<.001^***
Other	0.08 (0.27)	0.04 (0.19)	0.04 (0.19)	0.00	0.00	.999	.999

Note.

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FDR = false discovery rate.