Effect of iyengar yoga on mental health of incarcerated women: A feasibility study

Nursing Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 389-399

  Harner, Holly ^a   Hanlon, Alexandra L ^b   Garfinkel, Marian ^c,d  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

incarcerated women; mental health; prison; yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOGA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PENNSYLVANIA; PRISONERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOGA;

EID: 78649327690     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181f2e6ff     Document Type: Article

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