TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Health in Chinese Long-Term Male Prison Inmates
JO  - Mindfulness
A1  - Xu, W.
A1  - Jia, K.
A1  - Liu, X.
A1  - Hofmann, S.G.
SP  - 1044
EP  - 1051
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1868-8527
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-016-0540-x
ID  - ref1
ER  -