Preliminary Evidence That Yoga Practice Progressively Improves Mood and Decreases Stress in a Sample of UK Prisoners

Table 2

Summary of key statistical results.

	in final model	95% CI	value
Δ perceived stress
Yoga classes attended	−1.053 ± 0.383	[−1.850, −0.341]
Self-practice 3-4 times per week	−4.650 ± 2.293	[−9.114, 0.064]
Self-practice 5 or more times per week	−5.329 ± 2.408	[−10.147, −0.636]
Psychological distress at T1	−0.450 ± 0.169	[−0.777, −0.109]
Δ psychological distress
Perceived stress at T1	−0.584 ± 0.253	[−1.176, −0.233]
Δ positive affect
Positive affect at T1	−0.609 ± 0.139	[−0.874, −0.33]
Δ negative affect
Yoga classes attended	−0.914 ± 0.473	[−1.666, 0.217]
Self-practice 5 or more times per week	−4.863 ± 2.187	[−9.128, −0.441]
Gender	9.331 ± 3.672	[1.945, 16.639]
Educational qualifications achieved	−2.913 ± 1.042	[−4.947, −0.825]
Negative affect at T1	−0.563 ± 0.186	[−0.931, −0.187]

First column shows, in italics, dependent values for each regression model. Beta-values (±bootstrapped standard errors) are shown, together with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and bootstrapped values. Only regressors significant at and are presented here (see Supplemental Table for full results of regression analyses). Self-practice regressors are coded against a reference of no yoga self-practise. Note that, due to regression-to-the-mean phenomena, any relationship specifically between baseline psychometrics and key dependent variables should be interpreted with care (see also main text).