An inner quality approach to reducing stress and improving physical and emotional wellbeing at work

Stress Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-201

  Barrios Choplin, Bob ^a   Mccraty, Rollin ^b   Cryer, Bruce ^b  

^a Naval Postgraduate School   (United States)

^b Institute of HeartMath   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Communication skills; Heart rate variability; Hypertension; Job satisfaction; Stress; Stress management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGER; MOOD; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; TENSION; TRAINING; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030810404     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199707)13:3<193::AID-SMI744>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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