Cardiac effects of momentary assessed worry episodes and stressful events

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 901-909

  Pieper, Suzanne ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^a   Van Der Leeden, Rien ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Rumination; Stress; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; STRESS; TEACHER; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36349018322     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815a9230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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