A mindfulness-based intervention to increase resilience to stress in university students (the Mindful Student Study): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2018, Pages e72-e81

  Galante, Julieta ^a,b   Dufour, Géraldine ^a,c   Vainre, Maris ^b   Wagner, Adam P ^b,d   Stochl, Jan ^a,b   Benton, Alice ^a   Lathia, Neal ^e   Howarth, Emma ^b   Jones, Peter B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

^c British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy: Universities and Colleges Division   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MINDFULNESS; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINDFULNESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85038610660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24682667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30231-1     Document Type: Article

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