Doing and Being: Mindfulness, Health, and Quiet Ego Characteristics Among Buddhist Practitioners

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-589

  Wayment, Heidi A ^a   Wiist, Bill ^a   Sullivan, Bruce M ^a   Warren, Meghan A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Health; Meditation; Mindfulness; Quiet ego; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052026660     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9218-6     Document Type: Article

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