Artigo
EFFECT of PROGRESSIVE SELF-FOCUS MEDITATION ON ATTENTION, ANXIETY, and DEPRESSION SCORES
Fecha
2010-06-01Registro en:
Perceptual and Motor Skills. Missoula: Ammons Scientific, Ltd, v. 110, n. 3, p. 840-848, 2010.
0031-5125
10.2466/PMS.110.3.840-848
WOS:000279282400014
Autor
Leite, Jose Roberto
Moraes Ornellas, Felipe Leite de
Amemiya, Tascila Mary
Almeida, Anna Alice F. de
Dias, Arnaldo Aparecido
Afonso, Rui
Little, Stephen
Kozasa, Elisa Harumi [UNIFESP]
Institución
Resumen
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.