Perceived social support, coping styles, and chinese immigrants' cardiovascular responses to stress

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-185

  Lee, Yuen Shan Christine ^a   Suchday, Sonia ^a   Judith, Wylie Rosett ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health; Chinese immigrants; Coping; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863785135     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-011-9156-7     Document Type: Article

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