Table 5: Repeated measures ANOVA within group changes in anxiety, self-compassion, and mindfulness across three assessment time points.
| Intervention (MBSR) Group n = 109 | Control Group n = 94 | |||||
| Baseline | Midpoint | Post-test | Baseline | Midpoint | Post-test | |
| Anxiety | 40.2 (9.1) | 38.9 (8.2) | 37.03 (8.5)*^ | 39.6 (7.7) | 40.8 (7.7) | 40.1 (7.3) |
| Self-compassion | ||||||
| Humanity | 12.6 (3.7) | 13.5 (3.4)* | 13.9 (3.5)*^ | 12.1 (2.8) | 11.96 (2.6) | 12.4 (2.8) |
| Isolation | 13.2 (3.8) | 14.3 (3.2)* | 14.89 (3.26)*^ | 13.5 (2.98) | 13.1 (2. 7) | 13.3 (2.8) |
| Self-judgment | 16.4 (4.2) | 17.3 (3.5)* | 18.1 (3.85)*^ | 16.9 (3.38) | 16.1 (2.95)* | 16.2 (3.4) |
| Self-kindness | 15.4 (4.1) | 16.03 (3.68) | 16.9 (3.53)*^ | 15 (2.9) | 14.8 (2.9) | 14.6 (2.97) |
| Mindfulness (SCS) | 12.9 (3.4) | 13.5 (2.84)* | 13.9 (3.09)*^ | 13.04 (2.75) | 12.65 (2.47) | 12.9 (2.60) |
| Over-identification | 12.8 (3.4) | 13.95 (3.02)* | 14.6 (3.20)*^ | 13.2 (2.88) | 13.2 (2.58) | 13.5 (2.62) |
| Self-compassion composite | 83.2 (17.1) | 88.6 (14.97) * | 92.4 (15.9)*^ | 83.7 (10.4) | 81.96 (10.3) | 82.8 (11.1) |
| Mindfulness | ||||||
| Acceptance | 31.7 (7.5) | 33.3 (6.4)* | 34.4 (6.96)^ | 30.1 (5.62) | 30.2 (4.9) | 30.4 (5.5) |
| Describing | 26.9 (6.4) | 27.3 (6.1) | 29.03 (6.6)*^ | 25.5 (5.3) | 25.5 (4.9) | 25.1 (5.5) |
| Observing | 39.5 (8.5) | 43.97 (6.9)* | 45.4 (7.8)*^ | 39.3 (8) | 38.6 (8.2) | 39.5 (8.3) |
| Awareness | 26.7 (5.3) | 28.5 (5.3)* | 29.8 (5.1)*^ | 27.7 (4.5) | 27.7 (5.3) | 28.1 (4.4) |
| Mindfulness composite | 125 (16.5) | 133 (16.6)* | 138.7 (19.6)*^ | 123 (11.7) | 121.9 (12.0) | 123 (12.9) |
* = p ≤ 0.05 between previous column measurement time point (e.g. baseline to mid-point or mid-point to post-test); ^ = p ≤ 0.05 from baseline to posttest = p ≤ 0.05 between previous column.