Associations Between Mindfulness, Psychological Well-Being, and Subjective Well-Being with Respect to Contemplative Practice

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1423-1436

  Hanley, Adam ^a   Warner, Alia ^a   Garland, Eric L ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contemplative practice; Mindfulness; Psychological well being; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947486124     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-014-9569-5     Document Type: Article

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