Relationship between forgiveness and psychological and physiological indices in cardiac patients

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-211

  Friedberg, Jennifer P ^a,b   Suchday, Sonia ^c   Srinivas, V S ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cholesterol; Coronary artery disease; Depression; Forgiveness; Stress

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 70349439094     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-008-9016-2     Document Type: Article

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