Meditation Practice and Self-Reported Mindfulness: a Cross-Sectional Investigation of Meditators and Non-Meditators Using the Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experiences (CHIME)

Mindfulness

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1411-1421

  Bergomi, Claudia ^a   Tschacher, Wolfgang ^a   Kupper, Zeno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body movement; Meditation; Meditation practice; Meditation technique; Mindfulness; Self report assessment; Vipassana; Zen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947217589     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-015-0415-6     Document Type: Article

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