Increasing constructive anger verbal behavior decreases resting blood pressure: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled hostility intervention

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 268-278

  Davidson, Karina ^a   MacGregor, Michael Wm ^b   Stuhr, Judith ^d   Gidron, Yoram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Box 870348 ^*

Author keywords

Blood pressure (BP); Constructive anger verbal behavior (CAB V); Controlled intervention; Hostility; Mediator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033400885     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0603_5     Document Type: Article

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