Psychophysiological effects of relaxation training in children

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 197-206

  Lohaus, Arnold ^a   Klein Heßling, Johannes ^a   Vögele, Claus ^b   Kuhn Hennighausen, Christiane ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOOD; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0342961771     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910701169151     Document Type: Article

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