Mind the gap in mindfulness research: A comparative account of the leading schools of thought

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-466

  Hart, Rona ^a   Ivtzan, Itai ^a   Hart, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intervention; Meditation; Mindfulness; Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR); Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891460186     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035212     Document Type: Article

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