Discrimination hurts, but mindfulness may help: Trait mindfulness moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 201-205

  Brown Iannuzzi, Jazmin L ^a   Adair, Kathryn C ^a   Payne, B Keith ^a   Richman, Laura Smart ^b   Fredrickson, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Perceived discrimination; Positive emotions; Trait mindfulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885471210     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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