Implicit associations in tension-type headaches: A cognitive analysis based on stress reactivity processes

Headache

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1281-1290

  Armstrong, Jennifer F ^a   Wittrock, David A ^a   Robinson, Michael D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive models; Implicit associations; Stress diathesis model; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENSION HEADACHE;

COGNITION; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 33747587634     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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