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Table 3 Means with 95% confidence intervals and standard deviations for primary and secondary measures

From: A randomised active-controlled trial to examine the effects of an online mindfulness intervention on executive control, critical thinking and key thinking dispositions in a university student sample

 

Sham Meditation

Mindfulness Meditation

Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

M

95% CI

SD

M

95% CI

SD

M

95% CI

SD

M

95% CI

SD

Observing

25.58

[24.06, 27.18]

5.60

27.29

[25.63, 28.93]

5.74

26.63

[25.26, 28.00]

4.83

28.42

[27.13, 29.63]

4.52

Non-reactivity

20.10

[18.87, 21.35]

4.61

21.31

[20.08, 22.60]

4.46

20.37

[18.78, 21.89]

5.08

21.91

[20.60, 23.16]

4.21

Acting with Awareness

23.98

[22.31, 25.82]

6.43

24.60

[22.85, 26.47]

6.37

24.84

[23.30, 26.40]

5.19

24.81

[23.13, 26.42]

5.29

Non-judgment

26.85

[25.06, 28.66]

6.42

28.23

[26.19, 30.14]

7.09

27.02

[24.88, 29.08]

6.24

27.84

[25.96, 29.75]

5.99

Describing

26.17

[24.36, 28.05]

6.71

26.54

[24.55, 28.42]

6.62

26.21

[24.60, 27.86]

5.41

27.77

[26.40, 29.19]

4.94

HCTA

107.81

[104.35, 111.86]

12.10

113.79

[12.01, 16.58]

14.56

107.93

[103.80, 111.78]

12.67

113.49

[108.90, 117.88]

14.90

Heuristics and Biases

7.54

[6.85, 8.31]

2.12

7.65

[2.00, 2.54]

2.30

6.95

[6.26, 7.63]

2.35

7.21

[6.56, 7.86]

2.16

Actively Open-Minded Thinking

181.52

[175.98, 187.18]

18.59

182.98

[17.94, 23.78]

21.29

174.91

[169.65, 180.70]

19.10

179.11

[173.06, 185.04]

20.37

Need for Cognition

63.79

[60.83, 66.96]

10.49

63.54

[8.17, 12.78]

10.69

58.05

[54.33, 61.41]

12.25

58.79

[54.90, 62.36]

13.36

Executive Function

51.15

[50.33, 51.94]

2.90

50.67

[2.66, 4.40]

3.58

50.49

[48.56, 51.88]

4.85

50.65

[49.75, 51.53]

2.87

Wellbeing

49.98

[48.27, 51.71]

6.58

51.15

[5.57, 7.70]

6.82

50.28

[48.21, 52.42]

6.91

53.35

[51.14, 55.65]

7.00

Positive Affect

34.08

[32.13, 35.92]

7.04

35.29

[6.01, 8.00]

7.15

33.81

[31.74, 36.00]

7.32

34.91

[32.41, 37.24]

7.33

Negative Affect

20.17

[18.15, 22.15]

7.29

19.38

[5.17, 7.19]

6.33

18.95

[16.96, 20.97]

7.34

17.65

[15.95, 19.63]

6.59

Real World Outcomes

3.71

[2.96, 4.54]

2.77

3.23

[1.76, 2.94]

2.43

3.12

[2.53, 3.79]

2.06

3.30

[2.70, 3.90]

2.08