Effects of cynical hostility, anger out, anxiety, and defensiveness on ambulatory blood pressure in black and white college students

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 354-364

  Shapiro, David ^a,c   Goldstein, Iris B ^a   Jamner, Larry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory blood pressure; anxiety; defensiveness; gender; hostility; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEFENSIVENESS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030010586     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199607000-00008     Document Type: Article

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