Defining a Complex Intervention: The Development of Demarcation Criteria for "Meditation"

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-137

  Bond, Kenneth ^a   Ospina, Maria B ^a   Hooton, Nicola ^a   Bialy, Liza ^a   Dryden, Donna M ^a   Buscemi, Nina ^a   Shannahoff Khalsa, David ^b   Dusek, Jeffrey ^c   Carlson, Linda E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAM; characteristics; meditation; mind body techniques; yoga

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650098668     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015736     Document Type: Article

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