Mindfulness and psychological health in practitioners of Japanese martial arts: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Zero-order correlations between measures of practice/expertise and total/subscale scores from the psychological scales among practitioners of martial arts

	Dan/Kyu Rank	Practice Period (months)	Practice Frequency (day per week)	Practice Time (min per week)
FFMQ Total	.398*	.493**	.123	−.027
Observing	.199	.383*	−.094	−.094
Describing	.212	.438*	.142	−.114
Acting with Awareness	.269	.288	.023	.168
Non-Judging	.292	.324	.230	−.024
Non-Reactivity	.286	.279	.131	−.014
SWBS Total	.331	.602***	.435*	.306
General Well-Being: Positive Affect	.521**	.578**	.367	.267
Confidence in Coping	.162	.375*	.264	.096
Expectation-Achievement Congruence	.296	.449*	.168	.129
General Well-Being: Negative Affect^a	.468**	.522**	.436*	.056
Transcendence	.339	.550**	.280	.263
BDI Total	−.225	−.463**	−.504**	−.352

For the Dan/Kyu rank, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients (r_s values) are shown for each comparison. For the other three measures of practice, Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r values) are shown. *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001
^a: Higher scores show that less negative affect was self-reported

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