Attachment and the metabolic syndrome in midlife: The role of interview-based discourse patterns

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 611-621

  Davis, Cynthia R ^a   Usher, Nicole ^a   Dearing, Eric ^b   Barkai, Ayelet R ^c   Crowell Doom, Cynthia ^a   Neupert, Shevaun D ^d   Mantzoros, Christos S ^e   Crowell, Judith A ^a,f  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Adverse childhood experiences; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ADULT ATTACHMENT INTERVIEW; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXERCISE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 84925960540     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000107     Document Type: Article

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