Knowing your partner is not enough: Spousal importance moderates the link between attitude familiarity and ambulatory blood pressure

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 549-555

  Uchino, Bert N ^a,b   Sanbonmatsu, David M ^b   Birmingham, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Attitudes; Partner knowledge; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84890428437     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-012-9437-x     Document Type: Article

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