Table 1 Demographical data of the participating female athletes (Mean and SD) and descriptive statistics of the questionnaires used in this study

Age (Mean, range, SD)

25.92 (18–65, 9.67*¹)

22.88 (18–55, 5.01*²)

0.018*

Meditation practice Min. per Month (Mean, SD)

22.58 (68.48) [N = 78]¹

14.96 (42.90)

0.417

Main sports (Mean, SD)

Years of experience

14.27 (6.00)

13.84 (6.17)

0.670

Hours of weekly practice

7.25 (11.40)

5.02 (3.26) [N = 65]¹

0.100

Sport competitions (N)

Yes

No

32

47

45

22

0.001**

BMI (kg/m²)

21.43 (2.21)

22.48 (2.50) [N = 66]¹

0.008**

EAT(Mean, SD)

6.92 (9.87)

8.22 (8.91)

0.419

MBSRQ, BASS(Mean, SD)

3.65 (0.67)

3.47 (0.63)

0.101

MBSRQ, appearance scale(Mean, SD)

3.76 (0.74)

3.41 (0.85)

0.01*

SCS positive(Mean, SD)

SCS negative(Mean, SD)

3.27 (0.73)

3.01 (0.80)

2.93 (0.60)

3.20 (0.63)

0.003**

0.115

Occupation

School

Study

Full time job

Part time job

Retired

2

60

8

8

1

1

59

6

1

-

0.133