Childhood poverty and blood pressure reactivity to and recovery from an acute stressor in late adolescence: The mediating role of family conflict

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 691-700

  Evans, Gary W ^a   Exner Cortens, Deinera ^a   Kim, Pilyoung ^b   Bartholomew, Daniel ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Childhood poverty; Stress reactivity and recovery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILDHOOD POVERTY; STRESS REACTIVITY AND RECOVERY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883799093     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31829f9823     Document Type: Article

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