@article{ref1,
title="The Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Health in Chinese Long-Term Male Prison Inmates",
journal="Mindfulness",
year="2016",
author="Xu, W. and Jia, K. and Liu, X. and Hofmann, S.G.",
volume="7",
number="5",
pages="1044-1051",
abstract="Long-term imprisonment can cause severe emotional problems, which in turn can trigger behavioral problems, self-harm, and suicide. Mindfulness-based intervention can enhance emotional health. This study investigated the effects of a 6-week mindfulness training program on the emotional health of long-term male Chinese prison inmates. Forty long-term male prisoners completed a pretest and posttest, with 19 in the mindfulness training group and 21 in the waitlist control group. The treatment group showed a significant improvement in mindfulness level, anxiety, depression, tension-anxiety, depression-dejection, anger-hostility, confusion-bewilderment, and total mood disturbance. Implications and limitations of this study were discussed. These results support the use of a mindfulness-based intervention to enhance the emotional health of long-term male prison inmates. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1868-8527",
doi="10.1007/s12671-016-0540-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-016-0540-x"
}