Anger management style, blood pressure reactivity, and acute pain sensitivity: Evidence for "trait x situation" models

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-204

  Burns, John W ^a,c   Bruehl, Stephen ^b   Caceres, Cynthia ^a  

^a Rosalind Franklin Univ Med Sci   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUHS The Chicago Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RELIABILITY; STRESS;

EID: 2942522439     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm2703_7     Document Type: Article

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