From a state to a trait: Trajectories of state mindfulness in meditation during intervention predict changes in trait mindfulness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-46

  Kiken, Laura G ^a   Garland, Eric L ^b   Bluth, Karen ^a   Palsson, Olafur S ^a   Gaylord, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent growth; Meditation; Mindfulness; State; Trait

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939948407     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.044     Document Type: Article

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