Anger management style and endogenous opioid function: Is gender a moderator?

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-219

  Bruehl, Stephen ^a   Al'Absi, Mustafa ^b   France, Christopher R ^c   France, Janis ^c   Harju, Angie ^b   Burns, John W ^d   Chung, Ok Y ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger management style; Anger in; Anger out; Gender; Opioids; Pain

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANAGEMENT STYLE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NOCICEPTORS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; STATISTICS;

EID: 34250672786     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-007-9099-2     Document Type: Article

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