Moving Beyond Mindfulness: Defining Equanimity as an Outcome Measure in Meditation and Contemplative Research

Mindfulness

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 356-372

  Desbordes, Gaëlle ^a   Gard, Tim ^b   Hoge, Elizabeth A ^a   Hölzel, Britta K ^c   Kerr, Catherine ^d   Lazar, Sara W ^a   Olendzki, Andrew ^e   Vago, David R ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Barre Center for Buddhist Studies   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Emotion regulation; Equanimity; Meditation; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924815219     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-013-0269-8     Document Type: Article

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