The psychosocial vulnerability model of hostility as a predictor of coronary heart disease in low-income African Americans

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-169

  Grothe, Karen B ^a   Bodenlos, Jamie S ^b   Whitehead, Dori ^c   Olivier, Jake ^d   Brantley, Phillip J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Heart disease; Hostility; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45449112949     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-008-9112-0     Document Type: Article

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