Anger Is Associated with Increased IL-6 Stress Reactivity in Women, But Only Among Those Low in Social Support

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 936-945

  Puterman, Eli ^a   Epel, Elissa S ^a   O’Donovan, Aoife ^a,b   Prather, Aric A ^a   Aschbacher, Kirstin ^a   Dhabhar, Firdaus S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Interleukin 6; Social support; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; ANGER; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84912033056     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: 15327558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-013-9368-0     Document Type: Article

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