The Mindful Way Through the Semester: Evaluating the Impact of Integrating an Acceptance-Based Behavioral Program Into a First-Year Experience Course for Undergraduates

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 487-499

  Danitz, Sara B ^a   Suvak, Michael K ^a   Orsillo, Susan M ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptance; college students; depression; mindfulness and values practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINDFULNESS; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINDFULNESS; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028882894     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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