Living life in the balance at midlife: Lessons learned from mindfulness

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-278

  Frisvold, Melissa H ^a   Lindquist, Ruth ^a,b   McAlpine, Cynthia Peden ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

and qualitative study; content analysis; midlife women; mindfulness; quality of life; stress reduction

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; NARRATION; NURSES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857204221     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945911424171     Document Type: Article

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