Research Article
Loving-Kindness Meditation to Target Affect in Mood Disorders: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Table 2
Mean summary scores and effect sizes of Study 1 (
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| Outcome | Pretreatment | Posttreatment | (9) | | | M | SD | M | SD |
| PANAS | | | | | | | | Positive | 22.40 | 9.28 | 35.90 | 7.22 | −4.53 |
0.001 | 1.63 | Negative | 30.90 | 6.38 | 18.10 | 6.52 | 4.51 | 0.001 | 1.98 | BDI-II | 21.70 | 6.90 | 3.80 | 3.22 | 9.22 | <0.001 | 3.33 | DPES | | | | | | | | Joy | 20.50 | 8.58 | 28.90 | 5.86 | −4.73 | 0.001 | 1.14 | Contentment | 14.80 | 6.99 | 23.20 | 6.92 | −3.61 | 0.003 | 1.21 | Love | 21.40 | 3.66 | 26.80 | 3.33 | −3.52 | 0.003 | 1.55 | Pride | 18.70 | 5.19 | 26.00 | 6.73 | −3.63 | 0.003 | 1.22 | Amusement | 18.00 | 4.74 | 22.20 | 5.65 | −2.33 | 0.022 | 0.81 | Awe | 23.22 | 8.11 | 32.22 | 6.85 | −3.19 | 0.006 | 1.20 | Compassion | 25.00 | 5.64 | 29.40 | 5.52 | −2.15 | 0.030 | 0.79 | RRS | 64.20 | 13.13 | 44.30 | 13.12 | 4.02 | 0.002 | 1.52 |
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Note. Means (M), standard deviations (SD), -test values (), and Cohen’s effect size . The sample size is ; PANAS = Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II; DPES = Differential Positive Emotions Scale; RRS = Rumination Response Scale.
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