Mindfulness-Based Treatment of Aggression in Individuals with Mild Intellectual Disabilities: A Waiting List Control Study

Mindfulness

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-167

  Singh, Nirbhay N ^a   Lancioni, Giulio E ^c   Karazsia, Bryan T ^d   Winton, Alan S W ^e   Myers, Rachel E ^f   Singh, Ashvind N A ^b   Singh, Angela D A ^b   Singh, Judy ^a  

^a ONE Research Institute   (United States)

^b American Health and Wellness Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d 931 College Mall   (United States)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^f KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meditation on the Soles of the Feet; Physical aggression; Randomized controlled trial; Verbal aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877067156     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0180-8     Document Type: Article

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