Mindfulness training for parents and their children with ADHD increases the children's compliance

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-166

  Singh, Nirbhay N ^a   Singh, Ashvind N ^b   Lancioni, Giulio E ^c   Singh, Judy ^a   Winton, Alan S W ^d   Adkins, Angela D ^e  

^a ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Metropolitan State Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e Behavioral Therapeutic Options   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with ADHD; Interactional context; Mindfulness; Parental non compliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952091428     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9272-z     Document Type: Article

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