Reducing teachers' psychological distress through a mindfulness training program

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 655-666

  Franco, Clemente ^b   Mañas, Israel ^b   Cangas, Adolfo J ^b   Moreno, Emilio ^a   Gallego, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mindfulness; Psychological distress; Quasi experiment; Teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149430933     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600002328     Document Type: Article

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