Brief meditation training can improve perceived stress and negative mood.
OBJECTIVES: To test a brief, non-sectarian program of meditation training for effects on perceived stress and negative emotion, and to determine effects of practice frequency and test the moderating effects of neuroticism (emotional lability) on treatment outcome. DESIGN AND SETTING: The study used...
| Published in: | Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 38 - 45 |
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InnoVisions Professional Media
Jan/Feb2007
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