Table 2 Descriptive statistics of all dependent variables for each timepoint by experience and duration groups. ‘M’ refers to the mean and ‘SD’ refers to the standard deviation.

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ELA1 (5.5 min)

ELA1 (11 min)

ELA1 (22 min)

 

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Variable

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Anxiety (HADS)

7.53

3.35

3.40

2.87

4.72

3.41

1.55

2.19

6.14

6.28

3.31

3.76

Anxiety (STAI)

37.77

12.31

32.77

10.27

30.79

7.98

27.89

8.60

34.10

11.21

30.79

10.57

Anxiety (VA)

5.68

3.93

2.98

3.01

4.07

4.05

2.16

2.74

4.19

4.17

2.61

3.52

Depression (HADS)

6.10

3.69

4.83

3.46

3.72

3.07

3.86

2.97

5.72

3.46

4.79

2.87

Depression (POMS)

3.60

4.52

1.13

1.89

1.55

2.61

0.69

1.31

2.55

3.28

1.48

2.79

Tension (POMS)

4.03

4.23

2.07

2.48

2.21

2.11

1.35

2.50

2.89

3.74

2.14

3.62

Anger (POMS)

1.83

2.79

0.80

1.45

0.89

1.59

0.31

1.00

1.14

2.76

0.38

1.18

Fatigue (POMS)

4.87

4.79

3.00

3.37

4.38

4.09

3.07

3.85

5.21

4.83

3.93

4.47

Confusion (POMS)

4.30

2.60

3.43

1.69

3.76

1.33

3.59

2.03

4.59

2.79

3.83

2.48

Local Global

0.011

0.022

0.006

0.003

0.014

0.043

0.012

0.034

0.006

0.002

0.005

0.001

Stroop

0.081

0.241

0.058

0.171

0.185

0.355

0.121

0.338

0.077

0.322

0.051

0.227

 

ELA2 (5.5 min)

ELA2 (11 min)

ELA2 (22 min)

 

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Variable

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Anxiety (HADS)

6.28

4.26

2.97

4.26

7.22

4.35

3.19

2.42

5.93

3.68

2.18

2.72

Anxiety (STAI)

32.31

10.09

30.62

11.51

34.19

8.89

28.59

7.72

34.64

10.72

27.82

6.98

Anxiety (VA)

3.53

3.94

2.31

3.36

3.58

3.55

1.75

2.28

3.77

4.03

1.26

1.54

Depression (HADS)

3.97

2.72

3.52

2.42

5.26

3.52

4.41

2.22

4.32

2.79

3.43

2.36

Depression (POMS)

1.83

3.13

1.59

3.29

2.22

3.48

0.78

1.83

2.36

4.13

0.89

1.69

Tension (POMS)

2.93

3.43

2.38

4.42

3.00

2.62

1.78

2.23

2.57

3.45

1.00

2.13

Anger (POMS)

1.86

2.99

1.24

2.39

0.67

1.24

0.11

0.32

1.64

3.54

0.25

0.79

Fatigue (POMS)

3.62

3.78

3.00

3.11

4.44

4.94

3.19

3.32

4.54

3.95

2.68

2.96

Confusion (POMS)

4.62

2.35

3.72

1.96

3.82

2.11

3.00

2.08

3.68

2.75

3.32

1.36

Local Global

0.022

0.08

0.007

0.009

0.025

0.089

0.007

0.007

0.008

0.004

0.007

0.005

Stroop

0.139

0.417

0.075

0.335

0.11

0.32

0.105

0.258

0.189

0.423

0.012

0.007

 

Meditation (5.5 min)

Meditation (11 min)

Meditation (22 min)

 

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Variable

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Anxiety (HADS)

5.30

3.55

2.67

2.56

5.58

3.89

1.97

2.54

4.83

3.33

2.28

2.19

Anxiety (STAI)

31.87

11.54

28.43

8.94

33.16

11.56

28.42

7.57

32.24

9.64

28.93

7.71

Anxiety (VA)

3.33

3.91

1.34

2.08

4.70

4.37

1.97

2.61

3.96

3.83

1.32

2.05

Depression (HADS)

4.43

3.41

4.03

3.39

4.74

3.48

4.29

3.12

4.66

3.57

4.79

3.46

Depression (POMS)

2.67

4.25

1.30

2.18

3.07

4.49

1.39

2.64

1.52

1.98

0.97

1.66

Tension (POMS)

3.27

4.33

1.53

2.76

3.36

4.66

1.07

2.38

2.21

2.16

1.00

1.20

Anger (POMS)

1.40

2.66

0.40

0.77

1.87

4.06

0.29

1.27

1.10

2.48

0.28

0.88

Fatigue (POMS)

3.87

3.53

2.53

2.92

5.07

4.94

3.03

3.23

3.76

4.15

2.07

2.56

Confusion (POMS)

3.90

2.04

2.53

1.38

4.97

3.48

3.52

2.69

4.10

2.13

3.17

1.91

Local Global

0.007

0.003

0.006

0.002

0.006

0.002

0.006

0.003

0.014

0.026

0.006

0.002

Stroop

0.108

0.355

0.077

0.244

0.107

0.256

0.063

0.169

0.015

0.01

0.01

0.004

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