The applications of mindfulness with students of secondary school: Results on the academic performance, self-concept and anxiety

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 111 CCIS, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 83-97

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

academic performance; anxiety; Mindfulness; self concept; students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ANXIETY; CONTROL GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; MINDFULNESS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SELF-CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

STUDENTS;

EID: 78649928733     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16318-0_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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