동신대학교 상담심리학과
Department of Counseling Psychology, Dongshin University, Naju, Korea
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(The meta-analysis program used: R) ACT was shown to have larger effect sizes than MBSR in reducing depressive symptoms in a total of 15 effect sizes, but this difference was not statistically significant (p=0.643). The effect sizes were compared between the studies with the mixed-gender participants and those with the female subjects only. As a result of the analysis, the studies with female participants only were shown to have larger effect sizes than those with mixed-gender participants, but the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.138). The studies with more than 80 hours per session showed larger effect sizes than those with less than 80 hours per session, but this difference was not statistically significant (p=0.861). The studies with less than 9 sessions showed large effect sizes, which was not statistically significant (p=0.400).
(The meta-analysis program used: R) A total of 13 effect sizes were calculated over anxiety symptoms, and their weighted average was statistically significant with –0.49 (p<.001) and could be interpreted to be large with more than 0.8. The Q value, which tests the heterogeneity between the studies, was statistically significant with 45.82 (p<.001). A meta-regression analysis was performed to attempt to identify the causes of the heterogeneity between the studies.
(The meta-analysis program used: R) The difference in the effect sizes according to the mindfulness programs was identified. ACT was shown to have larger effect sizes than MBSR in reducing anxiety symptoms in a total of 15 effect sizes, but this difference was not statistically significant (p=0.632). The effect sizes were compared between the studies with the mixed-gender participants and those with the female subjects only. As a result of the analysis, the studies with mixed-gender participants were shown to have larger effect sizes than those with female participants only, but the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.982). The studies with less than 80 hours per session showed larger effect sizes than those with more than 80 hours per session, but this difference was not statistically significant (p=0.499). The studies with more than 9 sessions showed large effect sizes, which was not statistically significant (p=0.714).