Table 4 Means and s.d. of scores on the STAI Form Y-1 for each story of the control condition

From: Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study

Story excerpt

Length (min)

Word count

M

s.d.

‘Silverview’ by John le Carré

15.01

1,838

2.04

0.51

‘The Old Man and the Sea’ by Ernest Hemingway

14.19

2,039

1.93

0.47

‘Smith of Wootton Major’ by J. R. R. Tolkien

14.58

2,309

1.88

0.50

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