The Ultimate Tranquilizer? Exercise and Its Influence on Anxiety

The Oxford Handbook of Exercise Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Petruzzello, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Anxiolysis; Biological challenge; Dose response; Exercise; Panic disorder; State anxiety; Trait anxiety; Tranquilizer effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923505765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195394313.013.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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