Early life socioeconomic status and metabolic outcomes in adolescents: The role of implicit affect about one's family

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 387-396

  Chan, Meanne ^a   Miller, Gregory E ^a   Chen, Edith ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early life socioeconomic status; Family environment; Implicit affect; Metabolic outcomes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY LIFE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AFFECT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PARENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84963984179     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000308     Document Type: Article

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