Active coping, work-pace, and cardiovascular responses: Evidence from laboratory studies

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-237

  Bongard, Stephan ^a,b   Hodapp, Volker ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Inst F Physiologische Psychologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active coping; Cardiovascular reactivity; Effort; Work pace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0030843057     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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