Self-reported mindfulness and cortisol during a shamatha meditation retreat

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1104-1109

  Jacobs, Tonya L ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^a   Epel, Elissa S ^b   Zanesco, Anthony P ^a   Aichele, Stephen R ^a   Bridwell, David A ^c   Rosenberg, Erika L ^a   King, Brandon G ^a   MacLean, Katherine A ^d   Sahdra, Baljinder K ^e   Kemeny, Margaret E ^b   Ferrer, Emilio ^a   Wallace, B Alan ^f   Saron, Clifford D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Meditation; Mindfulness; Rumination; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887558844     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031362     Document Type: Article

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