Elevated blood pressure and self-reported symptom complaints, daily hassles, and defensiveness

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-189

  Nyklíček, Ivan ^a,b   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^a   Van Heck, Guus L ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily hassles; Defensiveness; Hypertension; Self reports; Symptom complaints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0345035269     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0602_5     Document Type: Article

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