Temperament, health-related behaviors, and autonomic cardiac regulation: The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-210

  Puttonen, Sampsa ^a,b   Elovainio, Marko ^c   Kivimäki, Mika ^d   Koskinen, Tuomas ^e   Pulkki Råback, Laura ^a   Viikari, Jorma S A ^e   Raitakari, Olli T ^e   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiac control; Cholesterol; Health behaviors; Heart rate variability; Personality; Temperament; Temperament and character inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HARM AVOIDANCE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOVELTY SEEKING BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 43049101039     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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