Evaluating Group Process in a Stress Management Intervention: Relationships between Perceived Process and Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 608-630

  O'Brien, William H ^a   Korchynsky, Roksana ^a   Fabrizio, Jennifer ^a   McGrath, Jennifer ^a   Swank, Aaron ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033459721     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973159900900506     Document Type: Article

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