Repressive and defensive coping styles predict resting plasma endorphin levels in the elderly

Biological Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-302

  Kline, John P ^a   Bell, Iris ^b   Schwartz, Gary E ^b   Hau, Vincent ^b   Davis, Thomas ^b  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tuscan   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Defensiveness; Endorphins; Opiod peptides; Personality; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENDORPHIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; GAMMA ENDORPHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; BETA-ENDORPHIN; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; REPRESSION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0032212377     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(98)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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