The benefits of being mindful: Trait mindfulness predicts less stress reactivity to suppression

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-66

  Bullis, Jacqueline R ^a   Bøe, Hans Jakob ^a   Asnaani, Anu ^a   Hofmann, Stefan G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Carbon dioxide; Emotion regulation; Mindfulness; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONALITY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INHALATION; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA;

ANXIETY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMOTION REGULATION; MINDFULNESS; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEAR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883251162     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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