Psychological changes accompanying and mediating stress-management training for essential hypertension

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-178

  García Vera, María Paz ^a   Sanz, Jesús ^a   Labrador, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Essential hypertension; Problem solving skills; Psychological changes; Stress management training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONTROL; TRAINING;

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032451101     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022295321208     Document Type: Article

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