Stress reduction through mindfulness meditation

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Astin, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Life events; Mindfulness meditation; Psychological stress; Psychotherapy; Randomized controlled study; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MEDITATION; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030936907     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289116     Document Type: Article

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