The Use of Meditation-Relaxation Techniques for the Management of Stress in a Working Population

Journal of Occupational Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 221-231

  Carrington, Patricia ^a   Collings, Gilbeart H ^b   Benson, Herbert ^c   Robinson, Harry ^b   Wood, Loring W ^b   Lehrer, Paul M ^d   Woolfolk, Robert L ^e   Cole, Jean W ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical Department of New York Telephone ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Department of Psychology University College Rutgers the State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; LEISURE; MEDITATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; CATTELL PERSONALITY FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0018839957     PISSN: 00961736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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