A Controlled Pilot Evaluation of Acceptance and Commitment Training for Intellectual Disability Staff

Mindfulness

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-121

  Bethay, J Scott ^a   Wilson, Kelly G ^a   Schnetzer, Lindsay W ^a   Nassar, Stephanie L ^a   Bordieri, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; ACT; Burnout; Staff; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877057809     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0103-8     Document Type: Article

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