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 ().

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

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.