Sitting-meditation interventions among youth: A review of treatment efficacy

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Black, David S ^a,b   Milam, Joel ^a   Sussman, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Efficacy; Literature review; Meditation; Mindfulness; Youth

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MEDITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349234621     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3434     Document Type: Review

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