Engagement in dance is associated with emotional competence in interplay with others

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bojner Horwitz, Eva ^a,b   Lennartsson, Anna Karin ^b   Theorell, Töres P G ^b,c   Ullén, Fredrik ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alexithymia; creative achievement; dance; embodiment; emotional competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982743250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01096     Document Type: Article

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