A school-based mindfulness intervention for urban youth: Exploring moderators of intervention effects

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 968-982

  Gould, Laura Feagans ^a   Dariotis, Jacinda K ^b   Mendelson, Tamar ^b   Greenberg, Mark T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867364357     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.21505     Document Type: Article

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