Effects of a mood-enhancing intervention on subjective well-being and cardiovascular parameters

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-302

  Papousek, Ilona ^a   Schulter, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Conditioning; Intervention; Positive affect; Seriousness; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAINING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPERAMENT; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56249100700     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705500802365508     Document Type: Article

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