Mindfulness Meditation Targets Transdiagnostic Symptoms Implicated in Stress-Related Disorders: Understanding Relationships between Changes in Mindfulness, Sleep Quality, and Physical Symptoms

Table 3

Partial correlations between change in mindfulness (CAMS-R) and change in physical symptoms of stress (CHIPS).

Controlled transdiagnostic variable	Partial correlation	Partial correlation with covariates
Change in rumination
	−0.292	−0.296
value	<0.001	<0.001
df	195	188
Change in intrusive thoughts
	−0.267	−0.272
value	<0.001	<0.001
df	195	188
Change in thought suppression
	−0.307	−0.303
value	<0.001	<0.001
df	195	188
Change in avoidance
	−0.371	−0.361
value	0.002	0.004
df	68	61
Change in cognitive reappraisal
	−0.346	−0.343
value	<0.001	<0.001
df	196	188
Change in expressive suppression
	−0.348	−0.343
value	<0.001	<0.001
df	196	188

Note. Bivariate correlation between change in mindfulness and change in stress symptoms was , df = 198, . All partial correlations were lower, indicating that each transdiagnostic variable uniquely accounted for part of the original association between increased mindfulness and decreased stress-related physical symptoms. After accounting for changes in transdiagnostic variables and covariates, the correlation between change in mindfulness and change in stress-related symptoms remained statistically significant.