Increased mindfulness is related to improved stress and mood following participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program in individuals with cancer

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-40

  Garland, Sheila N ^a,b   Tamagawa, Rie ^a,b   Todd, Sarah C ^a   Speca, Michael ^a,b   Carlson, Linda E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Tom Baker Cancer Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; measurements; mindfulness; mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR); mood; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINDFUL ATTENTION AWARENESS SCALE; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871649959     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735412442370     Document Type: Article

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