Mindfulness: Seeking a More Perfect Approach to Coping with Life's Challenges

Mindfulness

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 275-281

  Hinterman, Corina ^a   Burns, Lawrence ^a   Hopwood, Danielle ^a   Rogers, William ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Life satisfaction; Mindfulness; Perfectionism; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876522172     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0091-8     Document Type: Article

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