Psychometric properties of the Cook Medley Hostility Scale and its association with inflammatory markers in African Americans

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-444

  Mwendwa, Denee T ^a   Ali, Mana K ^a   Sims, Regina C ^b   Madhere, Serge ^a   Levy, Shellie Anne ^a   Callender, Clive O ^c   Campbell, Alfonso L ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; C reactive protein; cardiovascular disease; hostility; interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVICES; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879560045     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2012.736623     Document Type: Article

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