Cardiovascular reactivity of Singaporean male police officers as a function of task, ethnicity and hostility

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-110

  Why, Yong Peng ^a   Bishop, George D ^a   Tong, Eddie M W ^a   Diong, Siew Maan ^a   Enkelmann, Hwee Chong ^a   Khader, Majeed ^b   Ang, Jansen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Police Psychological Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anger; Cardiovascular reactivity; Ethnicity; Hemodynamic processes; Hostility; Impedance cardiography; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0041706152     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(03)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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