Revision of the Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale for Measuring Awareness and Equanimity in Goenka’s Vipassana Meditation with Chinese Buddhists

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 623-637

  Zeng, Xianglong ^a   Li, Mengdan ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Liu, Xiangping ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Awareness; Buddhism; Buddhist; Equanimity; Goenka s Vipassana; Measurement; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BUDDHISM; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BUDDHISM; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939876888     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: 15736571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-014-9870-y     Document Type: Article

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