Recent evidence suggests that individuals with certain personality traits are at elevated risk
for chronic systemic inflammation. To date, this literature has focused on the related traits of …

Background: Job strain, defined as high job demands and low decision latitude, has been
associated with increased blood pressure levels in some studies, but most of these studies …

Objective Anger expression is a dimension of anger that may be strongly related to coronary
heart disease and stroke. To date few cohort studies have evaluated the role of anger …

African-Americans have disproportionately higher rates of hypertension than any other US
ethnic group. Researchers have postulated that the psychosocial-stress association with …

The Writing Committee consisted of acknowledged experts in the field of complementary,
alternative, and integrative medicine. Both the academic and private sectors were …

We examine the effects of the balance between positive and negative affect experienced at
work on well‐being outcomes. An extensive literature on affect balance suggests that it is not …

Background: The interpretation of clinical significance continues to be an obstacle for
researchers in behavioral medicine. Purpose: To review selected behavioral medicine …

Women's cardiovascular responses to sexist treatment are documented, but researchers
have yet to consider these responses separately as a function of sexism type (hostile vs …

Background and Purpose—High levels of anger are associated with an increased risk of
coronary heart disease and hypertension, but little is known about the role of anger in stroke …

Objectives: This study examined prospectively (1971-1988) the relationship between anger-
coping responses, gender, and mortality (N= 91) in a representative sample of men (N= 324) …