Does mindfulness attenuate thoughts emphasizing negativity, but not positivity?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-30

  Kiken, Laura G ^a   Shook, Natalie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Cognition; Mindfulness; Negative; Positive; Rumination; Thought; Valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907564717     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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