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WORRY BEADS [1 record]

Record 1 1981-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

a string of beads played with for relaxation or distraction, originally chiefly in countries of the Middle East.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

Chapelet: (...) Objet de dévotion consistant en une sorte de collier de grains enfilés, que l'on fait passer successivement entre ses doigts (...) Par anal. Suite d'objets enfilés ou ajoutés les uns à la suite des autres (...)

OBS

Relaxation: diminution ou suppression d'une tension.

Spanish

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