Walking versus biofeedback: a comparison of acute interventions for stressed students

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 463-478

  Meier, Nathan F ^a   Welch, Amy S ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; biofeedback; college students; exercise; heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945217217     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2015.1085514     Document Type: Article

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