Toward a validation of cyber-interventions for stress disorders based on stress inoculation training: A systematic review

Virtual Reality

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-87

  Serino, Silvia ^a   Triberti, Stefano ^b   Villani, Daniela ^b   Cipresso, Pietro ^a   Gaggioli, Andrea ^a,b   Riva, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyber interventions; Stress inoculation training; Stress management; Systematic review; Validation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893945632     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-013-0237-6     Document Type: Article

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