Social support and cardiovascular responding to laboratory stress: Moderating effects of gender role identification, sex, and type of support

Psychology and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 887-907

  Van Well, Sonja ^a   Kolk, Annemarie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular responding; Gender role identification; Hemodynamic profile; Internal representations; Sex; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONDING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE IDENTIFICATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROFILE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONDING; GENDER ROLE IDENTIFICATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROFILE; INTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS; SEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949126363     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440701491381     Document Type: Article

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