Marital discord and coronary artery disease: A comparison of behaviorally defined discrete groups

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-92

  Smith, Timothy W ^a   Uchino, Bert N ^a   Berg, Cynthia A ^a   Florsheim, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

affiliation; coronary artery disease; dominance; marital discord

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; SELF REPORT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; CAUSALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTAH;

EID: 84861933824     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026561     Document Type: Article

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