Mindfulness And Mindfulness ( Meditation ) - 2062 Words

As a result of the post-hoc tests, the first hypothesis that ‘the mindfulness interventions will significantly reduce anxiety compared to the control’ was supported. However, the second hypothesis that ‘the mindfulness conditions will be significantly different from one another’, was not supported. Participants in the ‘Mindfulness A (mandala) and in the ‘Mindfulness B (meditation) groups each showed significant reductions in state anxiety compared to the control, as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. This finding is similar to the results in previous studies which have also demonstrated a reduction in anxiety immediately after participants carried out mindfulness-based interventions (Carsley, Heath and Fajnerova, 2015; Sandmire†¦show more content†¦Additionally, the bivariate analysis in the present study demonstrated that varied levels of initial pre-intervention anxiety scores may have influenced the subsequent amount of re duction in state anxiety. In other words, having a high (pre-intervention) anxiety score for example, may have influenced the amount reduction in anxiety experienced. There is potential to explore this effect as it means that some individuals may respond differently to the interventions. Overall, the present research could be viewed as a pilot study which has tested the comparative effects of the brief interventions on a smaller scale. As significant results have been found, there is potential for exploring the the same interventions with more comprehensive research which also addresses the limitations of the present study - most importantly, the low sample size and the simulated test. 5.1.2 Omitted ANCOVA When pre-intervention anxiety scores were taken into consideration as a covariate, the significance levels of the reduction in state anxiety were found to be the same as reported within the main ANOVA. A one-way between groups analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was initially conducted to compare the effectiveness of the different types of interventions on state anxiety reduction, with the pre-intervention anxiety measures as a covariate. Preliminary checks were conducted to ensure that there was no violation of the assumptions. However, the Levene’s test demonstrated that the