Hostility, anger control, and anger expression as predictors of cardiovascular disease

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 556-562

  Haukkala, Ari ^a   Konttinen, Hanna ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Uutela, Antti ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Departments of Chronic Disease Prevention and Lifestyle and Participation   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anger; Cardiovascular disease.; Emotions; Hostility; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNICAL DISTRUST SCALE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIELBERGER STATE TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY;

EID: 77954761361     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181dbab87     Document Type: Article

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