Gender differences in emotion regulation and relationships with perceived health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Women and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-97

  van Middendorp, Henriët ^a   Geenen, Rinie ^a   Sorbi, Marjolijn J ^a   Hox, Joop J ^a   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^b   van Doornen, Lorenz J P ^a   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotion regulation; Emotional disclosure; Gender; Gender differences; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL HEALTH; ORIENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 33645569556     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n01_05     Document Type: Article

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