Damned if you do, damned if you don't: The differential effect of expression and inhibition of anger on cardiovascular recovery in Black and White males

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-134

  Dorr, Nancy ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^b   Sollers III, John J ^c   Thayer, Julian F ^c  

^a The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Anger expression; Anger inhibition; Heart rate variability; Hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LEARNING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRESSION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 35548955562     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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