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Mindfulness and Self-esteem: A Systematic Review
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Previous intervention/experiment-based studies have confirmed the causal effect of mindfulness on self-esteem.
“Previous intervention/experiment-based studies have consistently confirmed the causal effect of mindfulness on self-esteem (Randal et al., 2015).”
From Mindfulness as an antidote to conspicuous consumption: The mediating roles of self-esteem, self-concept clarity and normative influence (2022) · cites this paper as Randal et al., 2015
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Metadata
- Authors
- Randal, C., Pratt, D., & Bucci, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Bucci, Sandra
- Venue
- Mindfulness
- Published
- 2015-04-09
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1366-1378
- ISSN
- 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
- 1868-8535
- OpenAlex
- W1985701564
- Cited by
- 202
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 5
- FWCI
- 0.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Mindfulness (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- self-esteem, trait mindfulness, mindfulness-based interventions, low self-esteem
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