Relationships between amount of post-intervention mindfulness practice and follow-up outcome variables in an acceptance-based behavior therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The importance of informal practice

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 173-178

  Morgan, Lucas P K ^a   Graham, Jessica R ^a   Hayes Skelton, Sarah A ^a   Orsillo, Susan M ^b   Roemer, Lizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance based behavior therapy; Formal mindfulness practice; Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Informal mindfulness practice; Quality of life; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955352473     PISSN: 22121447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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