Mindfulness-based stress reduction as a method for personnel development: A pilot evaluation

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-198

  Walach, Harald ^a   Nord, Eva ^b   Zier, Claudia ^b   Dietz Waschkowski, Barbara ^c   Kersig, Susanne ^c   Schüpbach, Heinz ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Private Clinical Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Meditation; Mindfulness; Personnel development; Stress reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249797564     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.14.2.188     Document Type: Article

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