Do Gender-Relevant Characteristics Determine Cardiovascular Reactivity? Match Versus Mismatch of Traits and Situation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 527-535

  Davis, Mary C ^a,b   Matthews, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 0030240374     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.3.527     Document Type: Article

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