Phase 2: Quantitative measures
In Year 1 of Phase 2, a combined total of 90 participants completed both the pre- and post-test surveys and 89 passed built-in attention checks. The summative survey, conducted after the training had concluded for both the intervention and control groups, was completed by a combined total of 60 participants, and 44 went on to complete the final summative survey after Year 2. In Year 2, a combined total of 69 participants completed both the pre- and post-test surveys and 68 passed built-in attention checks. The summative survey was completed by a combined total of 43 participants.The majority of the participants in Phase 2 (129 out of 156 respondents) had little to some familiarity with mindfulness prior to the study. 14 reported no familiarity at all and 13 reported “a great deal” of familiarity.The data analytic procedures for Phase 2 were identical to those of Phase 1. We conducted Repeated Measures ANOVA’s (RMANOVA’s) for each outcome variable, with Time (Time 1 and Time 2) specified as the within-subject factor and Group (intervention vs. control) specified as the between-group factor. Given our relatively low sample sizes per university, we combined the samples from both universities and analyzed them together. This decision was justified by the absence of any systematic differences between the results of the two samples, as evinced by a lack of significant three-way interactions (i.e., Group x Time x University) when University was included as a between-group factor in our RMANOVA’s.Pre- and post-test scores for Phase 2 are presented in 