A Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Healthy College Students and Its Effects on Psychological Distress, Self-Control, Meta-Mood, and Subjective Vitality

Mindfulness

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1071-1081

  Canby, Nicholas K ^a   Cameron, Ian M ^a   Calhoun, Amrit T ^a   Buchanan, Gregory M ^b  

^a Department of Psychology Beloit College ^*  (United States)

^b BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief intervention; College; Mindfulness; Psychological distress; Self control; Subjective vitality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941214551     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-014-0356-5     Document Type: Article

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