Social Relationships and Negative Emotional Traits Are Associated With Central Adiposity and Arterial Stiffness in Healthy Adolescents

Health Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-353

  Midei, Aimee J ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a  

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

Author keywords

adolescents; arterial stiffness; central adiposity; negative emotional traits; social relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PULSE WAVE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 65849168193     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014214     Document Type: Article

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