title: Effect of progressive self-focus meditation on attention, anxiety, and depression scores.
abstract: This study evaluated the effects of Progressive Self-focus Meditation with 42 volunteers (M age = 46.0 yr., SD = 14.1) allocated to two groups: one that had weekly 1-hr. training sessions in the practice for 5 wk. and one waiting-list group. Participants were evaluated before and after 5 wk. on the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, the Digit Symbol subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, and the Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale. After 5 wk., a significant reduction in scores on depression was found in the Meditation group as well as an increase in attention in comparison with the waiting-list Control group.
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Medicine Unit, Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Felipe Leite de Moraes
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Ornellas
authors.forename: Tascila Mary
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.forename: Anna Alice F
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Arnaldo Aparecido
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Afonso
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: Elisa Harumi
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kozasa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D001364:Awareness; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019122:Meditation / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult