Effects of contemplative dyads on engagement and perceived social connectedness over 9 months of mental training a randomized clinical trial

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 126-134

  Kok, Bethany E ^a   Singer, Tania ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTIMACY; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TRAINING; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THINKING; TRAINING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; LONELINESS; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDITATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85014536610     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3360     Document Type: Article

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