Physiological and emotional responses to subjective social evaluative threat in daily life

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 321-339

  Lehman, Barbara J ^a   Cane, Arianna C ^a   Tallon, Shannon J ^a   Smith, Stephanie F ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; emotions; experience sampling; social evaluative threat; social interaction anxiety; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924480471     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2014.968563     Document Type: Article

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