Marital conflict and endocrine function: Are men really more physiologically affected than women?

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 324-332

  Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^a   Newton, Tamara ^a,c   Cacioppo, John T ^b   MacCallum, Robert C ^b   Glaser, Ronald ^a   Malarkey, William B ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PROLACTIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SPOUSE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AFFECT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERSONALITY; PROLACTIN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029971337     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.64.2.324     Document Type: Article

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