Yoga ameliorates performance anxiety and mood disturbance in young professional musicians

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-289

  Khalsa, Sat Bir S ^a   Shorter, Stephanie M ^b   Cope, Stephen ^b   Wyshak, Grace ^c   Sklar, Elyse ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Meditation; Mood; Music performance; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMING ARTIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; YOGA;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDITATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 72349091594     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-009-9103-4     Document Type: Article

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