1989
Defensive coping and blood pressure reactivity in medical patients
Warrenburg S, Levine J, Schwartz G, Fontana A, Kerns R, Delaney R, Mattson R. Defensive coping and blood pressure reactivity in medical patients. Journal Of Behavioral Medicine 1989, 12: 407-424. PMID: 2614819, DOI: 10.1007/bf00844875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystolic BP reactivityDenial of illnessBlood pressureMedical patientsBP reactivityAnxiety subscaleBlood pressure reactivityIllness ScalePressure reactivityLevine DenialDefensive copingRepressive copingStress interviewPatientsIllnessHigh deniersLow deniersCoping stylesDefensive coping styleCopingAvoidant copingCynical Mistrust and the search for self-worth
Fontana A, Kerns R, Blatt S, Rosenberg R, Burg M, Colonese K. Cynical Mistrust and the search for self-worth. Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 1989, 33: 449-456. PMID: 2795517, DOI: 10.1016/0022-3999(89)90006-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1986
Social insecurity, the Type A behavior pattern, and sympathetic arousal
Fontana A, Rosenberg R, Kerns R, Marcus J. Social insecurity, the Type A behavior pattern, and sympathetic arousal. Journal Of Behavioral Medicine 1986, 9: 79-88. PMID: 3701860, DOI: 10.1007/bf00844646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressureCoronary atherosclerosisSympathetic arousalType A patternPsychological distressA-patternSurgical patientsDiastolic pressureType A behavior patternA behavior patternAtherosclerosisDifferential associationsAssociationPresent studyPattern of findingsArousalDistressPrior studiesPrevious studiesSystolicPatients