Searching for existential security: A prospective qualitative study on the influence of mindfulness therapy on experienced stress and coping strategies among patients with somatoform disorders

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 516-521

  Lind, Annemette Bondo ^a   Delmar, Charlotte ^a   Nielsen, Klaus ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Coping; Mindfulness therapy; Psychotherapy; Somatoform disorders; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELAXATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84919449199     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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