Introduction to Mindfulness - Dean Amory

Analyses
Participants were required to give their written consent to take part
and to complete a series of quantitative assessments one-week prior
to beginning the program. One-week after completing the program,
participants were required to complete a post-course assessment.
There was no control group in this study.
The assessments used were the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale
(DASS 21), The Life Orientation Test – Revised (Lot – R, Sheirer,
Carver & Bridges), Resilience Scale (RS), World Health Organisation
Quality of Life (WHOQOL-Bref), Kentucky Inventory Mindfulness
Scale (Kims, Baer) and the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale
(CAMS-R, Feldman).
Of the 15 participants who began the program, nine completed it.
However, the current data analyses include only the participants who
completed both the pre- and post-course assessments. The final
sample size was seven participants, this sample size is too small to
have statistical power therefore results cannot be generalised.
Participants
Fifteen participants entered the MBRP program, six were male and
nine were female ranging in age from 28 – 48 years (M = 33.8, SD =
5.95). All of the participants had a history of multiple addictions,
length of use ranged from 6 – 24 years (M = 15.5, SD = 5.95). Two
of the participants’ addictions were limited to alcohol and
prescription medication, eight had a history of abusing multiple Class
A drugs such as speed, ecstasy, heroin and crack cocaine. Data
regarding the history of drug use was missing for 3 participants.
Three participants had spent time in prison. None of the participants
were using illicit drugs or alcohol at the onset of the program. One
participant reported taking prescribed anti-depressants at the onset.
All of the participants were currently working through the 12 step
program, and they were all receiving support from a sponsor, a key
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