Comparing Brief Stress Management Courses in a Community Sample: Mindfulness Skills and Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-109

  Agee, John D ^a   Danoff Burg, Sharon ^b   Grant, Christoffer A ^b  

^a Togus VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

meditation; Mindfulness; muscle relaxation; stress management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS MEDITATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); MUSCLE RELAXATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RELAXATION THERAPY; SELF CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449259036     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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