The stress-buffering effects of functional social support on ambulatory blood pressure

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1440-1443

  Bowen, Kimberly S ^a   Uchino, Bert N ^a   Birmingham, Wendy ^b   Carlisle, McKenzie ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Light, Kathleen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Health; Informational support; Social support; Stress buffering hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTION; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925966144     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000005     Document Type: Article

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