Cultivating mindfulness: Effects on well-being

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 840-862

  Shapiro, Shauna L ^a   Oman, Doug ^b   Thoresen, Carl E ^c   Plante, Thomas G ^a   Flinders, Tim ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; College mental health; Mediation; Meditation; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MINDFUL ATTENTION AND AWARENESS SCALE; MINDFULNESS; RATING SCALE; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDITATION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 47049119958     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20491     Document Type: Article

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