Dominance, gender, and cardiovascular reactivity during social interaction

Psychophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-252

  Newton, Tamara L ^a,b   Bane, Cynthia M ^c   Flores, Adriana ^d   Greenfield, Jeffrey ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Dominance; Dyadic interaction; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 0033065718     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577299971986     Document Type: Article

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