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Factors that moderate the effect of laboratory-based social support on cardiovascular reactivity to stress
Donovan, Aoife; Hughes, Brian M.
Affiliation
  • Donovan, Aoife; University College Dublin. Dublin. Ireland
  • Hughes, Brian M; National Universitary of Ireland. Galway. Ireland
Int. j. psychol. psychol. ther. (Ed. impr.) ; 8(1): 85-102, mar. 2008. tab
Article in English | IBECS | ID: ibc-119569
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ABSTRACT
Social support has been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Cardiovascular reactivity to stress (CVR) is thought to mediate the association between social support and CVD. Examining the effects of laboratory analogues of social support on CVR offers the possibility of experimental control over important confounding variables in social support research; however, such research has yielded conflicting findings. While a number of researchers found that laboratory-based social support attenuated CVR, others found increased CVR when social support was provided, and even that social support had no effect on CVR. A review of the relevant literature suggests that this inconsistency may be associated with a range of methodological issues relating to social support manipulations, evaluation potential, experimenter behaviour, sample characteristics, and personality variables that moderate the observed relationship between social support and CVR. Implications for social support research and for the design of socially supportive interventions are discussed (AU)
RESUMEN
El apoyo social es una variable que ha sido asociada con la morbilidad y mortalidad en enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV). La reactividad cardiovascular al estrés (RCV) parece mediar en la asociación entre apoyo social y ECV. El examen de los efectos de los análogos de laboratorio del apoyo social sobre la RCV ofrece la posibilidad de controlar experimentalmente importantes variables contaminadoras de la investigación sobre apoyo social; no obstante, dicha investigación ha producido hasta ahora evidencias contradictorias.Distintos investigadores han mostrado que la administración de apoyo social en tareas de laboratorio puede provocar tanto incrementos como descensos de la RCV, así como no tener ningún efecto sobre la misma. La revisión de la literatura sugiere que esta heterogeneidad de resultados puede ser debida a factores metodológicos relacionados con las manipulaciones experimentales del apoyo social, el potencial de la evaluación, el comportamiento del experimentador, las características de la muestra y las variables de personalidad que modulan la relación observada entre apoyo social y RCV. Se discuten en este trabajo las implicaciones tanto para la investigación sobre el apoyo social como para el diseño de intervenciones basadas en el apoyo social (AU)
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Collection: National databases / Spain Health context: SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases Health problem: Cardiovascular Disease Database: IBECS Main subject: Social Support / Stress, Psychological / Cardiovascular Diseases Type of study: Etiology study / Risk factors Aspects: Social determinants of health Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Int. j. psychol. psychol. ther. (Ed. impr.) Year: 2008 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: National Universitary of Ireland/Ireland / University College Dublin/Ireland
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Collection: National databases / Spain Health context: SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases Health problem: Cardiovascular Disease Database: IBECS Main subject: Social Support / Stress, Psychological / Cardiovascular Diseases Type of study: Etiology study / Risk factors Aspects: Social determinants of health Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Int. j. psychol. psychol. ther. (Ed. impr.) Year: 2008 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: National Universitary of Ireland/Ireland / University College Dublin/Ireland
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