Linguistic predictors of mindfulness in written self-disclosure narratives

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-296

  Moore, Susan D ^a   Brody, Leslie R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linguistic analysis; Mindfulness; Narratives; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449101372     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X09335264     Document Type: Article

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