The Relationship Between Wandering Mind, Depression and Mindfulness

Mindfulness

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-128

  Deng, Yu Qin ^a   Li, Song ^a   Tang, Yi Yuan ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Mind wandering; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896948728     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0157-7     Document Type: Article

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