Habitual Worrying and Benefits of Mindfulness

Mindfulness

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 566-573

  Verplanken, Bas ^a   Fisher, Naomi ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Habitual worrying; Mindfulness; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919883096     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-013-0211-0     Document Type: Article

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