title: A pilot study of the impact of stress management techniques on the classroom behavior of elementary school students.
abstract: Intervention studies have demonstrated the benefit of stress management techniques on health-related variables among school-age children. It was hypothesized that teaching elementary school children stress management skills would promote appropriate classroom study behavior by enhancing student ability to attend to teacher assigned tasks. This pilot study supports the contention that stress management skills can increase classroom "on-task" behavior.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching