Mindfulness and the College Transition: The Efficacy of an Adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intervention in Fostering Adjustment among First-Year Students

Mindfulness

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 179-188

  Ramler, Taylor R ^a   Tennison, Linda R ^a   Lynch, Julie ^a   Murphy, Patsy ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; College students; Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire; Mindfulness based stress reduction; Salivary cortisol; Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955490980     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-015-0398-3     Document Type: Article

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