Validation of the Mindfulness in Teaching Scale

Mindfulness

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 155-163

  Frank, Jennifer L ^a   Jennings, Patricia A ^b   Greenberg, Mark T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Measurement; Mindfulness; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955500589     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-015-0461-0     Document Type: Article

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