Sources of somatization: Exploring the roles of insecurity in relationships and styles of anger experience and expression

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1436-1443

  Liu, Liang ^a,b   Cohen, Shiri ^c   Schulz, Marc S ^d   Waldinger, Robert J ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger expression; Anger proneness; Attachment; Emotion regulation; Gender; Somatization; USA

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANGER INVENTORY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELATIONSHIP SCALE QUESTIONNAIRE; REVISED CONFLICT TACTICS SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOMATIC SYMPTOM INVENTORY; SOMATIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANGER; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 81555208154     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.034     Document Type: Article

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