Mechanisms of mindfulness.
@article{Shapiro2006MechanismsOM,
title={Mechanisms of mindfulness.},
author={S. Shapiro and L. Carlson and J. Astin and B. Freedman},
journal={Journal of clinical psychology},
year={2006},
volume={62 3},
pages={
373-86
}
}Recently, the psychological construct mindfulness has received a great deal of attention. The majority of research has focused on clinical studies to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions. This line of research has led to promising data suggesting mindfulness-based interventions are effective for treatment of both psychological and physical symptoms. However, an equally important direction for future research is to investigate questions concerning mechanisms of action… CONTINUE READING
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