Examining socio-cognitive factors and beliefs about mindful eating in healthy adults with differing practice experience: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-Demographic Variables and Mindful Eating-Related Characteristics of Participants with LME, MME, and HME

Characteristic	Total		LME (n = 82)		MME (n = 96)		HME (n = 104)		F or χ² (df)	p value
Characteristic	M or n	SD or %	M or n	SD or %	M or n	SD or %	M or n	SD or %	F or χ² (df)	p value
Age (years)	43.21	17.19	41.06	16.87	42.94	17.10	45.14	17.45	1.32 (2)	.270
Gender^A									12.34 (4)	.015
Female	191	67.7	45	54.9	69	71.9	77	74.0
Male	89	31.6	35	42.7	27	28.1	27	26.0
Other	2	0.7	0	0	0	0	2	1.9
Education^A									4.12 (4)	.390
Low	37	13.1	8	9.8	15	15.6	14	13.5
Medium	102	36.2	25	30.5	37	38.5	40	38.5
High	143	50.7	49	51.2	44	45.8	50	48.0
Employment^{A, B}									3.08 (6)	.799
Employed	148	52.5	44	53.7	47	49.0	57	57.8
Student	82	29.1	25	30.5	32	33.3	25	24.0
Retired	35	12.4	9	11.0	11	11.5	15	14.4
Other	15	5.3	3	3.7	6	6.3	6	5.8
Living Situation									3.48 (2)	.175
Alone	52	18.4	13	15.9	14	14.6	25	24.0
With others	230	81.6	69	84.1	82	85.4	79	76.0
Experience^A									47.17 (4)	< .001
Low	180	63.8	70	85.4	69	71.9	41	39.4
Medium	75	26.6	10	12.2	21	21.9	44	42.3
High	27	9.6	2	2.4	6	6.3	19	18.3
Dietary Restrictions									1.46 (2)	.483
Yes	25	8.9	6	7.3	7	7.3	12	11.5
No	257	91.1	76	92.7	89	92.7	92	88.5

HME = individuals with greater engagement in mindful eating; MME = individuals with medium engagement in mindful eating; LME = individuals with lower engagement in mindful eating. Percentages are reported per mindful eating group
^APercentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and missing values
^BMultiple answers were possible (e.g., being both employed and a student)

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