Yoga for children and young people's mental health and well-being: Research review and reflections on the mental health potentials of yoga

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Hagen, Ingunn ^a   Nayar, Usha S ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Mental health; Well being; Yoga; Young people

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHILD CARE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOGA;

EID: 84901009737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00035     Document Type: Article

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