Mindfulness Broadens Awareness and Builds Eudaimonic Meaning: A Process Model of Mindful Positive Emotion Regulation

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 293-314

  Garland, Eric L ^a   Farb, Norman A ^b   R Goldin, Philippe ^c   Fredrickson, Barbara L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

affective science; broaden and build; emotion regulation; eudaimonic well being; interoception; mindfulness; mindfulness to meaning theory; positive emotion; posttraumatic growth; reappraisal; upward spiral

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948450358     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2015.1064294     Document Type: Article

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