Home practice in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis of participants' mindfulness practice and its association with outcomes

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 95, Issue , 2017, Pages 29-41

  Parsons, Christine E ^a   Crane, Catherine ^b   Parsons, Liam J ^c   Fjorback, Lone Overby ^a   Kuyken, Willem ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Homework; Meditation practice; Mindfulness practice; Mindfulness based cognitive therapy; Mindfulness based stress reduction; Treatment adherence; Treatment engagement

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; SCOPUS; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85019494878     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2017.05.004     Document Type: Article

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