Short communication: Stressed aggressive adolescents benefit from progressive muscle relaxation: A random, prospective, controlled trial

Stress and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-175

  Nickel, Cerstin ^a   Lahmann, Claas ^b   Tritt, Karin ^b   Loew, Thomas H ^b   Rother, Wolfhardt K ^a   Nickel, Marius K ^a,b,c  

^a Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Progressive muscle relaxation; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

EID: 24644516769     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1050     Document Type: Article

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