Hostile personality traits and coronary artery calcification in middle-aged and older married couples: Different effects for self-reports versus spouse ratings

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 441-448

  Smith, Timothy W ^a   Uchino, Bert N ^a   Berg, Cynthia A ^a   Florsheim, Paul ^a   Pearce, Gale ^a   Hawkins, Melissa ^a   Hopkins, Paul N ^b   Yoon, Hyo Chun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Anger; Antagonism; Coronary artery calcification; Coronary artery disease; Hostility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTRACTING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250832694     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3180600a65     Document Type: Article

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