Exploring an intensive meditation intervention for incarcerated youth

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-73

  Barnert, Elizabeth S ^a   Himelstein, Samuel ^b   Herbert, Sarah ^c   Garcia Romeu, Albert ^d   Chamberlain, Lisa J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Mind Body Awareness Project   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Institute of Transpersonal Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Incarcerated; Meditation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTHY SELF REGULATION SCALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS ATTENTION AWARENESS SCALE ADOLESCENT VERSION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERCEIVED STRESS SCORE 10; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RETREATMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; TEEN CONFLICT SURVEY IMPULSIVENESS SUBSCALE; WELLBEING;

EID: 84892367399     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/camh.12019     Document Type: Article

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