Effect of progressive self-focus meditation on attention, anxiety, and depression scores.
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.
Leite
José Roberto
JR
Behavioral Medicine Unit, Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
Ornellas
Felipe Leite de Moraes
FL
Amemiya
Tascila Mary
TM
de Almeida
Anna Alice F
AA
Dias
Arnaldo Aparecido
AA
Afonso
Rui
R
Little
Stephen
S
Kozasa
Elisa Harumi
EH
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