Assessing Mindfulness in Children and Adolescents: Development and Validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM)

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 606-614

  Greco, Laurie A ^a   Baer, Ruth A ^b   Smith, Gregory T ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Children and adolescents; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL THINKING; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MINDFULNESS MEASURE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOMATIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80052667585     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022819     Document Type: Article

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