Loving-Kindness Meditation to Target Affect in Mood Disorders: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Table 3

Mean summary scores and effect sizes of Study 2 ().

Outcome	Pretreatment		Posttreatment		(7)
	M	SD	M	SD
HRSD	14.50	5.88	8.75	4.23	2.26	0.029	1.12
BDI-II	32.50	7.86	19.13	6.24	8.23	<0.001	1.90
PANAS
Positive	6.75	3.15	12.13	7.26	−2.27	0.029	0.94
Negative	15.75	8.94	9.25	5.01	2.33	0.026	0.92
RSQ	2.41	0.15	2.25	0.28	2.18	0.033	0.72
ASQ
Concealing	3.38	0.82	3.42	0.87	0.37	0.361	0.05
Adjusting	1.75	0.53	2.10	0.68	1.73	0.064	0.58
Accepting	2.40	0.65	2.73	0.66	2.16	0.034	0.50

Note. Means (M), standard deviations (SD), -test values (), and Cohen’s effect size . The sample size is ; HRSD = Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II; PANAS = Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; RSQ Response Styles Questionnaire; ASQ = Affective Style Questionnaire.