Trait anger, anger expression, and ambulatory blood pressure: A meta-analytic review

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 395-415

  Schum, Jennifer L ^a,b   Jorgensen, Randall S ^a   Verhaeghen, Paul ^a   Sauro, Marie ^a   Thibodeau, Ryan ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 430 Huntington Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Anger expression; Personality; Trait anger

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANGER; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0141955055     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025767900757     Document Type: Review

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