Mindfulness and psychologic well-being: Are they related to type of meditation technique practiced?

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 629-634

  Schoormans, Dounya ^a,b   Nyklíček, Ivan ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKILL; STRESS; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS, METAPHYSICAL; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959845525     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0332     Document Type: Article

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