A Psalm a Day: A Randomised Controlled Trial Examining the Effects of a 1-week, Daily Psalm Meditation on Hope, Flow and Wellbeing

Holding great therapeutic potential, the Psalms are infused with hope; simultaneously Christian meditation integrates the benefits of mindfulness within a deeply relational context. In the present study, a novel meditative Psalms intervention was investigated for its hypothesised positive effects on...

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Authors: Button, Matthew (Author) ; De Pretto, Laura (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. 2023
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2023, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-204
Further subjects:B Psalms
B Lectio Divina
B Wellbeing
B Christian meditation
B Hope
B Flow
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