Effects of a brief mindfulness-based intervention on emotional regulation and levels of mindfulness in senior students

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 5 Correlation between each variable and number of meditative practices performed by senior students (n = 30)

Instruments and evaluations	Amount of meditative practices
Instruments and evaluations	r_P/r_S	p
PHLMS Awareness¹	0.422	0.020*
PHLMS Acceptance¹	0.162	0.393
DERS Total²	− 0.478	0.008**
DERS Non-acceptance²	− 0.654	0.0001***
DERS Goals²	− 0.346	0.061
DERS Impulse²	− 0.054	0.777
DERS Awareness²	− 0.314	0.091
DERS Strategies²	− 0.112	0.555
DERS Clarity²	− 0.463	0.010*

Note. ¹Variables with normal distribution analyzed by Pearson’s correlation (r_P). ²Non-parametric variables analyzed by Spearman’s correlation (r_S); *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001