Measuring mindfulness: Pilot studies with the Swedish versions of the mindful attention awareness scale and the Kentucky inventory of mindfulness skills

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-15

  Hansen, Erling ^a   Lundh, Lars Gunnar ^a   Homman, Anders ^a   Wångby Lundh, Margit ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Family Connections; Mindfulness; Psychopathological symptoms; Quality of life; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENTUCKY INVENTORY OF MINDFULNESS SKILLS; MALE; MINDFUL ATTENTION AWARENESS SCALE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF ESTEEM; SWEDEN; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549102082     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070802383230     Document Type: Article

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