Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for Psychological Well-Being in a Sub-Clinical Sample of University Students: A Controlled Pilot Study

Mindfulness

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 381-391

  Van Gordon, William ^a   Shonin, Edo ^a   Sumich, Alex ^a   Sundin, Eva C ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Meditation; Meditation awareness training; Mindfulness; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904103148     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0191-5     Document Type: Article

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