A comparison of the effects of Zen breath meditatIon or relaxatIon on college adjustment

Psychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-43

  Tloczynski, Joseph ^a   Tantriella, Michele ^b  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adjustment; Meditation; Relaxation; Zen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032391873     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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