High Prevalence of insecure Attachment in Patients with primary Hypertension

Hypertension is a major cardiovascular (CV) risk factor and is predicted by heightened CV reactivity to stress in healthy individuals. Patients with hypertension also show an altered stress response, while insecure attachment is linked to a heightened stress reactivity as well. This is the first stu...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth Maria Balint, Manuela Gander, Dan Pokorny, Alexandra Funk, Christiane Waller, Anna Buchheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01087/full