Defensive coping in relation to casual blood pressure and self-reported daily hassles and life events

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-161

  Nyklicek I ^a   Vingerhoets, A J J M ^a   Van Heck, G L ^a   Van Limpt, M C A M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service GGD   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Daily hassles; Defensiveness; Life events; Repression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRESSION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031776292     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018775807593     Document Type: Article

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