Repression-sensitization, gender, and discrepancies in psychobiological reactions to examination stress

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-329

  Rohrmann, Sonja ^a   Netter, Petra ^b   Hennig, Jürgen ^b   Hodapp, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Heart rate; Repression Sensitization; State Anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141791119     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1061580031000095461     Document Type: Article

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