Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on distressed (Type D) personality traits: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 361-370

  Nyklíček, Ivan ^a   Van Beugen, Sylvia ^b   Denollet, Johan ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distressed (Type D) personality; Mindfulness; Negative affectivity; Randomized controlled trial; Social inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880510341     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-012-9431-3     Document Type: Article

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