Defensive hostility and cardiovascular responses to stress in young men

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 683-694

  Mente, Andrew ^a   Helmers, Karin F ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Cold pressor; Defensiveness; Hostility; Mental stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242306092     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00268-2     Document Type: Article

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