Defensiveness and essential hypertension

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-148

  Mann, Samuel J ^a   James, Gary D ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Defensiveness; Hypertension; Obesity; Repression; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032143548     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00293-6     Document Type: Article

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