Defining Mindfulness by How Poorly I Think I Pay Attention During Everyday Awareness and Other Intractable Problems for Psychology's (Re)Invention of Mindfulness: Comment on Brown et al. (2011)

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1034-1040

  Grossman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mindful Attention Awareness Scale; Mindfulness; Validation

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; CONTENT VALIDITY; HUMAN; NOTE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 83155173479     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022713     Document Type: Note

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