Assessing cardiovascular reactivity in working women with the social competence interview

Women and Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-68

  Curbow, Barbara ^a,d   McDonnell, Karen A ^b   Dreyling, Erin ^a   Hall, Alyson ^a   Fitzgerald, Sheila ^a   Ewart, Craig K ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Childcare providers; Coping; Occupational stress; Social Competence Interview; Working women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHILD CARE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; MONITORING; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SOCIOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 25144459174     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v41n01_04     Document Type: Article

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