The effect of short-term practice of mindfulness meditation in alleviating stress in university students

Biomedical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-171

  Myint, K ^a   Choy, K L ^a   Su, T T ^a   Lam, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mindfulness meditation; Physiological effects; University examination stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 80051498214     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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