Author: Leite JR, Ornellas FL, Amemiya TM, de Almeida AA, Dias AA, Afonso R, Little S, Kozasa EH.
Affiliation: Behavioral Medicine Unit, Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
Conference/Journal: Percept Mot Skills.
Date published: 2010 Jun
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Volume ID: 110(3 Pt 1) , Pages: 840-8 , Word Count: 95
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.