Research Article
Mindfulness and Self-Compassion in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Examining Predictors of Disability
Table 1
Demographic and clinical comparison of GAD and controls.
| | | GAD
| Controls
| P value |
| | Age, Mean (SD) | 39.4 (13.0) | 38.7 (10.9) | 0.76 | | Race, % white (n) | 87.25% (89) | 75.51% (37) | 0.10 | | Gender, % female (n) | 51.22% (42) | 65.31% (32) | 0.15 | | SCS self-kindness (SD) | 2.47 (0.76) | 2.94 (0.74) | 0.001 | | SCS self-judgment (SD) | 2.77 (0.77) | 1.93 (0.82) | <0.001 | | SCS common humanity (SD) | 2.61 (0.92) | 3.11 (0.85) | 0.002 | | SCS isolation (SD) | 2.68 (0.83) | 1.71 (0.93) | <0.001 | | SCS mindfulness (SD) | 2.81 (0.86) | 3.31 (0.67) | 0.001 | | SCS over-identified (SD) | 2.78 (0.76) | 1.69 (0.85) | <0.001 | | SCS total (SD) | 2.44 (0.59) | 3.17 (0.60) | <0.001 | | STAI-T mean (SD) | 54.72 (7.79) | 40.97 (8.53) | <0.0001 | | PSWQ mean (SD) | 65.51 (9.36) | 47.24 (12.27) | <0.0001 | | ASI mean (SD) | 27.61 (11.32) | 18.02 (10.00) | <0.0001 | | FFMQ describing (SD) | 25.88 (6.67) | 26.79 (6.02) | 0.43 ns | | FFMQ observing (SD) | 24.52 (6.39) | 22.44 (6.27) | 0.07 ns | | FFMQ acting with awareness (SD) | 22.21 (6.41) | 26.73 (6.10) | <0.001 | | FFMQ nonjudging (SD) | 22.38 (6.90) | 31.27 (6.25) | <0.001 | | FFMQ nonreactivity (SD) | 17.57 (4.24) | 21.27 (5.47) | <0.001 | | FFMQ avg (SD) | 22.51 (3.50) | 25.70 (3.66) | <0.001 |
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Note: t-tests used for continuous, and chi square for categorical variable.
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