Effect of a yoga practice session and a yoga theory session on state anxiety

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 924-930

  Telles, Shirley ^a   Gaur, Vaishali ^a   Balkrishna, Acharya ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RELAXATION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 77949631635     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.109.3.924-930     Document Type: Article

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