Marital dissolution and blood pressure reactivity: Evidence for the specificity of emotional intrusion-hyperarousal and task-rated emotional difficulty

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 532-540

  Sbarra, David A ^a   Law, Rita W ^a   Hil, M P ^a   Lee, Lauren A ^a   Mason, Ashley E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic psychophysiology; Blood pressure reactivity; Divorce; Emotion intrusion; Multilevel modeling; Social connectedness and health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLE; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIVORCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYSTOLE; THINKING;

EID: 67650385765     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a23eee     Document Type: Article

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