BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthMarch 20, 2023Tamora A. Callands, Kandyce Hylick, Alethea Desrosiers et al.7 citations
BACKGROUND: Following 14 years of civil war in Liberia, war exposure, gender-based violence, and extreme poverty have been identified as key challenges affecting the mental and sexual health of young pregnant women and the health of their unborn children. Despite ongoing efforts to rebuild the country's healthcare infrastructure, empirical and culturally tailored interventions to address the...
Behavior TherapyFebruary 26, 2013Alethea Desrosiers, David H Klemanski, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
Mindfulness has been associated with anxiety and depression, but the ways in which specific facets of mindfulness relate to symptoms of anxiety and depression remains unclear. The purpose of the current study was to investigate associations between specific facets of mindfulness (e.g., observing, describing, nonjudging, acting with awareness, and nonreactivity) and dimensions of anxiety and...