The Impact of Mindfulness on Supportive Communication Skills: Three Exploratory Studies

Mindfulness

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1115-1128

  Jones, Susanne M ^a   Hansen, Wesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comforting; Emotional support; Mindful coping; Mindfulness; Positive reappraisal; Social support; Supportive communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941217425     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-014-0362-7     Document Type: Article

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