A single session of an integrated yoga program as a stress management tool for school employees: Comparison of daily practice and nondaily practice of a yoga therapy program

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 444-449

  Nosaka, Michiyo ^a   Okamura, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMFORT; DAILY PRACTICE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 28; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONDAILY PRACTICE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL MOOD SCALE; YOGA; ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPY; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOGA;

EID: 84942877894     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2014.0289     Document Type: Article

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