The improvement of emotion and attention regulation after a 6-week training of focused meditation: A randomized controlled trial

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Menezes, Carolina Baptista ^a,b   De Paula Couto, Maria Clara ^b   Buratto, Luciano G ^c   Erthal, Fátima ^d   Pereira, Mirtes G ^e   Bizarro, Lisiane ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOCUSED MEDITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84880854615     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/984678     Document Type: Article

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