Affective and Cardiovascular Effects of Experimentally-Induced Social Status

Health Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 482-489

  Mendelson, Tamar ^a   Thurston, Rebecca C ^b,c   Kubzansky, Laura D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED BLOOD PRESSURE MACHINE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 48049125013     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.27.4.482     Document Type: Article

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