The Reliability and Specificity of Delta Versus Residualized Change as Measures of Cardiovascular Reactivity to Behavioral Challenges

Psychophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 701-711

  Llabre, Maria M ^a   Spitzer, Susan B ^a   Saab, Patrice G ^a   Ironson, Gail H ^a   Schneiderman, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta; Generalizability; Reliability; Residualized change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026356135     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1991.tb01017.x     Document Type: Article

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