Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on medical and premedical students

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 581-599

  Shapiro, Shauna L ^a   Schwartz, Gary E ^a   Bonner, Ginny ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Empathy; Medical education; Mindfulness meditation; Spirituality; Stress management

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPIRITUALISM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032412017     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018700829825     Document Type: Article

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