Do Agonistic Motives Matter More Than Anger? Three Studies of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 510-524

  Ewart, Craig K ^a   Elder, Gavin J ^a   Smyth, Joshua M ^a   Sliwinski, Martin J ^a   Jorgensen, Randall S ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Anger regulation; Cardiovascular disease; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGGRESSION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANGER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052634968     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023127     Document Type: Article

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