Mental activation of supportive ties, hostility, and cardiovascular reactivity to laboratory stress in young men and women

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 476-485

  Smith, Timothy W ^a   Ruiz, John M ^a,b   Uchino, Bert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Hostility; Interpersonal circumplex; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LABORATORY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH; STRESS; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 4344665584     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.5.476     Document Type: Article

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