Pretend you are a turtle: Children's responses to metaphorical versus literal relaxation instructions

Child and Family Behavior Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-33

  Heffner, Michelle ^a   Greco, Laurie A ^a   Eifert, Georg H ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child therapy; Compliance; Metaphors; Relaxation training

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242289815     PISSN: 07317107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J019v25n01_02     Document Type: Review

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