Cardiovascular correlates of disclosing homosexual orientation

Stress and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-152

  Pérez Benítez, Carlos Israel ^a,b   O'Brien, William H ^a   Carels, Robert A ^a   Gordon, Anne K ^a   Chiros, Christine E ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Concealment; Homosexuality; Inhibition; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34548219974     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1123     Document Type: Article

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