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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 4.

Association between Current and Lifetime Meditation Practice with Motivations for Meditation

		Practice in the last 30 days (β)	p _{FDR adjusted}	p _raw	Lifetime Hours (OR)^a	p _{FDR adjusted}	p _raw
Initial motivation	Awakening	.076	.249	.204	2.350^**	.006	.004
	Cultural	.069	.259	.259	2.191^*	.017	.016
	Mental health	−.205^**	.003	<.001	0.495^**	.006	.003
	Physical health	.072	.249	.225	1.952^**	.017	.017
	Spiritual	.135^*	.034	.024	2.135^**	.005	.001

Current motivation	Awakening	.210^**	.002	<.001	2.148^**	.016	.013
	Cultural	.168^**	.009	.005	6.356^**	.001	<.001
	Mental health	−.140^*	.031	.019	0.739	.468	.468
	Physical health	.175^**	.008	.003	2.632^**	.001	<.001
	Spiritual	.282^***	<.001	<.001	2.535^**	.001	<.001

Note.

<.05

^**

<.01

^***

<.001;

β = standardized Beta; OR = Odds Ratio; Results are presented standardized regression betas while controlling for demographic variables: age, gender, race/ethnicity, income and college education; FDR adjusted = False Discovery Rate adjusted.

Full sample (current and non-current meditators) was utilized when examining the association between lifetime hours and initial motivation. The sample of current meditators was used for all other analyses.