The effect of a meditation training in stress levels in secondary school teachers

Stress Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-77

  Andrew, J ^a,b,c   Winzelberg, Ma ^a,b,c   Frederic, M ^a,b,c   Luskin, M S ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meditation; Stress management; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOUND; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH DISEASE; STRESS; TEACHER; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0032917276     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<69::AID-SMI787>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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