Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for Improved Psychological Well-being: A Qualitative Examination of Participant Experiences

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 849-863

  Shonin, Edo ^a   Van Gordon, William ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Meditation; Meditation awareness training; Mindfulness; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899426983     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-013-9679-0     Document Type: Article

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