Stress management techniques: Are they all equivalent, or do they have specific effects?

Biofeedback and Self-Regulation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 353-401

  Lehrer, Paul M ^a   Carr, Richard ^a   Sargunaraj, Deepa ^b   Woolfolk, Robert L ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; autogenic training; biofeedback; cognitive therapy; headache; hypertension; meditation; relaxation; stress management

Indexed keywords

AUTOGENIC TRAINING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; STRESS;

AUTOGENIC TRAINING; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMAN; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028711834     PISSN: 03633586     EISSN: 15733270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01776735     Document Type: Article

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