Mindfulness-based interventions in schools-A systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Zenner, Charlotte ^a   Herrnleben Kurz, Solveig ^a   Walach, Harald ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Meta analysis; Mindfulness; Resilience; School age; Stress; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904553282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00603     Document Type: Article

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