Buffering low self-esteem: The effect of mindful acceptance on the relationship between self-esteem and depression

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 751-754

  Michalak, Johannes ^a   Teismann, Tobias ^a   Heidenreich, Thomas ^b   Ströhle, Gunnar ^c   Vocks, Silja ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ESSLINGEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Depression; Mindfulness; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551605323     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.11.029     Document Type: Article

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