Buddhist-Derived Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditation for the Treatment of Psychopathology: a Systematic Review

Mindfulness

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1161-1180

  Shonin, Edo ^a   Van Gordon, William ^a   Compare, Angelo ^b   Zangeneh, Masood ^c   Griffiths, Mark D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buddhist derived interventions; Compassion meditation; Loving kindness meditation; Mindfulness; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941241755     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-014-0368-1     Document Type: Article

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