Decentering in the Process of Cultivating Mindfulness: An Experience-Sampling Study in Time and Context

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 123-134

  Shoham, Adi ^a   Goldstein, Pavel ^a   Oren, Ravit ^a   Spivak, David ^a   Bernstein, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

decentering; emotion; experience sampling; mechanisms; mindfulness

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADULT; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

ADULT; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINDFULNESS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TIME;

EID: 85011043650     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000154     Document Type: Article

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