I think therefore I om: Cognitive distortions and coping style as mediators for the effects of mindfulness meditation on anxiety, positive and negative affect, and hope

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 561-573

  Sears, Sharon ^a,b   Kraus, Sue ^a  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive distortions; Coping; Mediators; Meditation; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOVE; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MEDITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449112290     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20543     Document Type: Article

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