Mindfulness meditation: A preliminary study on meditation practice during everyday life activities and its association with well-being

Psihologijske Teme

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 373-386

  Keune, Philipp M ^a   Perczel Forintos, Dóra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Emotional well being; Mindfulness awareness scale; Mindfulness meditation; Regular and irregular meditators

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655190988     PISSN: 13320742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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