The use of Laban Movement Analysis in the study of personality, emotional state and movement style: An exploratory investigation of the veridicality of "Body language"

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-63

  Levy, Jacqlyn A ^a   Duke, Marshall P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dance; Depression; Movement style; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649169892     PISSN: 1541745X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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