The immediate and delayed cardiovascular benefits of forgiving

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 745-750

  Larsen, Britta A ^a   Darby, Ryan S ^a   Harris, Christine R ^a   Nelkin, Dana Kay ^a   Milam, Per Erik ^a   Christenfeld, Nicholas J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular reactivity; distraction; emotion; forgiveness; rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COGNITION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84866340828     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31825fe96c     Document Type: Article

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