Domain-specific anger expression assessment and blood pressure during rest and acute stress

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1383-1402

  Bongard, Stephan ^a   Al'Absi, Mustafa ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger expression; Blood pressure; Hypertension risk; Sex differences; Situational effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038406246     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00106-X     Document Type: Article

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