Evaluating the use of poetry to reduce signs of depression, anxiety and stress in Iranian female students

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-63

  Mohammadian, Youkhabeh ^a   Shahidi, Shahriar ^a   Mahaki, Behzad ^b   Mohammadi, Ali Zadeh ^a   Baghban, Alireza Akbarzadeh ^b   Zayeri, Farid ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Poetry therapy; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL STRESS; STRESS;

EID: 79751536596     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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