Type D personality as a prognostic factor in heart disease: Assessment and mediating mechanisms

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-276

  Kupper, Nina ^a   Denollet, Johan ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; TYPE B BEHAVIOR; TYPE D PERSONALITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 37249016923     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701629797     Document Type: Review

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