Curiosity enhances the role of mindfulness in reducing defensive responses to existential threat

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1227-1232

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Afram, Alex ^a   Brown, Kirk W ^b   Birnbeck, Melissa ^a   Drvoshanov, Maria ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Curiosity; Death; Mindfulness; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953162594     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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