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An update on mindfulness meditation as a self-help treatment for anxiety and depression

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Pages 131-141 | Published online: 23 Oct 2012

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Ruoshan Wu, Longjun Jing, Yang Liu, Huilin Wang, Lin Xie & Wu Deng. (2023) Effects of Mindfulness on Obligatory Exercise During the Return of Injured Athletes to Sports: The Mediating Roles of Self-Criticism and Competitive State Anxiety. Psychology Research and Behavior Management 16, pages 2157-2171.
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Catherine Hungerford, Sharon Hills, Catelyn Richards, Tracy Robinson & Danny Hills. (2022) Facilitating Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety in Older People: History, Effectiveness, and Future Possibilities. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 43:11, pages 1014-1021.
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Shelley R. Upton, Tyler L. Renshaw & Amanda Morice. (2022) Sacred vs. secular mindfulness meditation: the influence of presentation priming on therapeutic effectiveness. Mental Health, Religion & Culture 25:7, pages 682-695.
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Anne Malaktaris, Caitlin L. McLean, Sheetal Mallavarapu, Matthew S. Herbert, Skylar Kelsven, Jill E. Bormann & Ariel J. Lang. (2022) Higher frequency of mantram repetition practice is associated with enhanced clinical benefits among United States Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 13:1.
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Laura O’Sullivan & Nicole Lindsay. (2022) The relationship between spiritual intelligence, resilience, and well-being in an Aotearoa New Zealand sample. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health 0:0, pages 1-21.
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Taylor R. Greif & David A. S. Kaufman. (2021) Immediate effects of meditation in college students: A pilot study examining the role of baseline attention performance and trait mindfulness. Journal of American College Health 69:1, pages 38-46.
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Jingjing Ge, Jingjing Yang, Jingjing Song, Guangyu Jiang & Yong Zheng. (2020) Dispositional Mindfulness and Past-Negative Time Perspective: The Differential Mediation Effects of Resilience and Inner Peace in Meditators and Non-Meditators. Psychology Research and Behavior Management 13, pages 397-405.
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Ellen Chisman & Rob Brooks. (2018) The interplay between being and belonging through meditation: A grounded theory methods study. Journal of Occupational Science 25:4, pages 542-553.
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Britney Holthouser & Ngoc H. Bui. (2016) Meditative interventions and antisocial personality disorder. Counselling Psychology Quarterly 29:3, pages 235-252.
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Henry SR Kao, Lin Zhu, An An Chao, Hao Yi Chen, Ivy CY Liu & Manlin Zhang. (2014) Calligraphy and meditation for stress reduction: an experimental comparison. Psychology Research and Behavior Management 7, pages 47-52.
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