Associations between obstetric and parental psychiatric variables and subjects' Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) domain scores were examined using linear mixed effects models. Data for the 228 families studied were provided by the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange. Hypertension (P =…

Assessed the performance of hypertensive patients in increasingly demanding interpersonal interactions. Twelve extended role-played scenes were employed. Results indicated that the hypertensive patients responded less assertively than the nonpatient comparison group. However, the performance of the normotensive patient group was similar to that of…

Strategies for coping with stress and tension that may be used by a teacher in a classroom setting are presented. The development of tension control as an area of study is traced, noting the role total relaxation plays in various religious and philosophical movements. Stages of teaching students how to relax through a technique known as…

Extends previous work about certain cognitive/semantic environments and hypertension by demonstrating that three additional cognitive/semantic environments show a trend in the direction of elevated blood pressure in undergraduates. A position supporting coordinated preventive program development for potential hypertensives, emphasizing the use of…