Cognitive Word Use During Marital Conflict and Increases in Proinflammatory Cytokines

Health Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 621-630

  Graham, Jennifer E ^a   Glaser, Ronald ^b,c   Loving, Timothy J ^d   Malarkey, William B ^b,c   Stowell, Jeffrey R ^e   Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive processing words; gender; marital stress; proinflammatory cytokines; psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE WORD USE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINKING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 70350496384     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015208     Document Type: Article

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