Agency, communion, and cardiovascular reactivity during marital interaction

Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 537-545

  Smith, Timothy W ^a   Gallo, Linda C ^a,b   Goble, Layne ^a   Ngu, Le Q ^a   Stark, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Cardiovascular reactivity; Communion; Interpersonal circumplex; Marital interaction; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS;

EID: 0031771333     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.17.6.537     Document Type: Article

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