Access to social support in life and in the laboratory: Combined impact on cardiovascular reactivity to stress and state anxiety

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1147-1156

  O'Donovan, Aoife ^a,c   Hughes, Brian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Anxiety; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular reactivity; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949130644     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308095968     Document Type: Article

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