There was a moment of quiet group contemplation, followed, as usual, by peals of laughter.
However, we emphasise that the intervention is tested on a group expected to be at the "contemplation" or a later phase in Prochaska's model.
By disposition, we are a group inclined more toward action than passive contemplation.
On the right, a group of men clothed in contemporary Florentine dress stand in mute contemplation.
The queue is spent memorising false birthdays and post-codes, often subduing a group of giddy 17 year olds into a state of concerned contemplation.
Lorenzo (1449 92) became the centre of a group of artists, poets, scholars, and musicians who believed in the Neoplatonic ideal of a mystical union with God through the contemplation of beauty.
Living either alone or in a small group in a convent or beguinage, they devoted themselves as much as possible to contemplation.
On the other hand, if we're to regard it as a Sunday-school life, a catalyst for group discussion and pious contemplation, you'd have to admit that it was a bit more lively than the usual church pamphlet.
The results also demonstrate that the Contemplation group has a significantly higher degree of constraint than the Action group for intrapersonal and breastfeeding-related leisure constraints.
In contrast, only 57.1% of the Contemplation group and 40.7% of the Action/Maintenance group endorsed this negative attitude (Chi-square = 7.892, d.f. = 2, p =.019).
Once again, the contemplation group listed reasons for and against learning their risk, while the control group simply gave eight facts they had learned about the disease.
