Neuroticism and Cardiovascular Response in Women: Evidence of Effects on Blood Pressure Recovery

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-302

  Hutchinson, James G ^a   Ruiz, John M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952680769     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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