Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 538-543 , July 2009

The effectiveness of a stress coping program based on mindfulness meditation on the stress, anxiety, and depression experienced by nursing students in Korea

  • Yune Sik Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Health Science, School of Medicine, Gyeong-Sang National University, 92 Chilam-dong, Chinju 660-751, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • So Young Choi

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Gyeong-Sang National University, 92 Chilam-dong, Chinju 660-751, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 55 751 8881; fax: +82 55 751 8711.
    • ,
  • Eunjung Ryu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, 322 Danwol-dong, Chungju 380-701, Republic of Korea

,Accepted 2 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.12.003

Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 538-543 , July 2009

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