Observing as an Essential Facet of Mindfulness: A Comparison of FFMQ Patterns in Meditating and Non-Meditating Individuals

Mindfulness

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-212

  Lilja, Josefine L ^a   Lundh, Lars Gunnar ^b   Josefsson, Torbjörn ^c   Falkenström, Fredrik ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; FFMQ; Meditators; Mindfulness; Non meditators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881500294     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0111-8     Document Type: Article

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