More Purpose in Life and Less Novelty Seeking Predict Improvements in Self-Compassion During a Mindfulness-Based Intervention: The EXMIND Study

ObjectivesRecently, a 4-week mindfulness-based intervention followed by a 4-week existential approach was found to be as effective for increasing self-compassion as an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention. The purpose of the present study was to identify the factors that predicted change in self-co...

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Main Authors: Mari Akase, Takeshi Terao, Nobuko Kawano, Akari Sakai, Koji Hatano, Masanao Shirahama, Hirofumi Hirakawa, Kentaro Kohno, Nobuyoshi Ishii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00252/full