Effect of progressive self-focus meditation on attention, anxiety, and depression scores

Percept Mot Skills. 2010 Jun;110(3 Pt 1):840-8. doi: 10.2466/PMS.110.3.840-848.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anxiety / psychology*
  • Attention*
  • Awareness*
  • Depression / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meditation / psychology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical*
  • Muscle Relaxation
  • Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data
  • Psychometrics
  • Wechsler Scales / statistics & numerical data
  • Young Adult