Coping in childhood: A comparative evaluation of different relaxation techniques

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-211

  Lohaus, Arnold ^a   Klein Heßling, Johannes ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Imagination; Predicative factors; Progressive muscle relaxation; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040782614     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800008248339     Document Type: Article

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