Cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress under conditions of high versus low social evaluative threat: Associations with the type D personality construct

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 599-608

  Bibbey, Adam ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a   Ginty, Annie T ^a,b   Phillips, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular reactivity; cortisol reactivity; psychological stress; social evaluation; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THREAT; TYPE D BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN RELATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SECRETION (PROCESS); YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TYPE D PERSONALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930912271     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000194     Document Type: Article

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