The benefits of meditation practice in the correctional setting

Journal of Correctional Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-57

  Sumter, Melvina T ^a   Monk Turner, Elizabeth ^a   Turner, Charlie ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional health care; Jail inmates; Meditation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDITATION; PRISON; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEDITATION; NAIL BITING; PRISONS; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 67651183813     PISSN: 10783458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078345808326621     Document Type: Article

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