Anger management style, degree of expressed anger, and gender influence cardiovascular recovery from interpersonal harassment

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-53

  Faber, Samantha D ^a   Burns, John W ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

anger management; CVR; expressed anger; gender differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030071261     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01858173     Document Type: Article

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