Parental History of Hypertension and Coping Responses Predict Blood Pressure Changes in Black College Volunteers Undergoing a Speaking Task about Perceptions of Racism

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1012-1019

  Clark, Rodney ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Coping; Parental history of hypertension; Racism; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0347356444     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000097331.10458.F1     Document Type: Article

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