Somatosensory Amplification Mediates Sex Differences in Psychological Distress Among Cardioverter-Defibrillator Patients

Health Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 477-483

  Versteeg, Henneke ^a   Baumert, Jens ^b   Kolb, Christof ^c   Pedersen, Susanne S ^a   Denollet, Johan ^a   Ronel, Joram ^d   Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^b,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Psychological distress; Sex differences; Somatosensory amplification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHOBIA; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 77956920078     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020337     Document Type: Article

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