Trait Hostility and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Among Traffic Enforcement Agents: The Effects of Stressful Social Interactions

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-121

  Brondolo, Elizabeth ^a   Grantham, Kamau Imarogbe ^a   Karlin, William ^a   Taravella, Joseph ^a   Mencía Ripley, Aida ^a   Schwartz, Joseph E ^b   Pickering, Thomas G ^c   Contrada, Richard J ^d  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory; blood pressure; cardiovascular reactivity; hostility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MOOD; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 65249136450     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014768     Document Type: Article

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