The Decoupling Model of Equanimity: Theory, Measurement, and Test in a Mindfulness Intervention

Mindfulness

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1214-1226

  Hadash, Yuval ^a   Segev, Natalie ^a   Tanay, Galia ^a   Goldstein, Pavel ^a   Bernstein, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Equanimity; Meditation; Mindfulness; Mindfulness mechanisms; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985994855     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-016-0564-2     Document Type: Article

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