Does unconscious stress play a role in prolonged cardiovascular stress recovery?

Stress and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 179-187

  Brosschot, J F ^a   Geurts, S A E ^b   Kruizinga, I ^a   Radstaak, M ^b   Verkuil, B ^a   Quirin, M ^c   Kompier, M A J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

affect mood; cardiovascular disease; emotion; harassment discrimination; psychophysiological measures; rumination; stress appraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMPLICIT AFFECT; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; IMPLICIT POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT TEST; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT WORRY; PERSEVERATIVE COGNITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RUMINATION THOUGHT; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THINKING; UNCONSCIOUS STRESS; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ETIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECT; ANGER; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905721920     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2590     Document Type: Article

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