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Cardiovascular response to interpersonal provocation and mental arithmetic among high and low hostile young adult males.
Hernandez, Danielle H; Larkin, Kevin T; Whited, Matthew C.
Afiliação
  • Hernandez DH; Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Life Sciences Building, 53 Campus Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506-6040, USA.
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback ; 34(1): 27-35, 2009 Mar.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19199026
ABSTRACT
To examine the relation between hostility and cardiovascular reactivity to stress, 42 undergraduate men were categorized into high and low hostile groups based on responses to the Cook Medley Hostility Scale. Participants engaged in two laboratory tasks a Cognitive Task (mental arithmetic) and a Social Task (confrontation role-play). Cardiovascular measures of heart rate and blood pressure were obtained throughout rest and task periods and participants provided ratings of state anger and forgiveness following task completion. Results revealed that low hostile participants exhibited greater systolic blood pressure (SBP) responses to both tasks than high hostile participants (p < .05), but no significant group differences were observed for heart rate or diastolic blood pressure. High hostile men reported greater state anger during resting conditions and less forgiveness following completion of tasks than low-hostile counterparts, but neither of these findings moderated the relation between hostility and SBP reactivity. Higher ratings of forgiveness were associated with lower SBP reactivity. These findings show that hostility is not always associated with exaggerated cardiovascular reactivity to stress, and the influence of various moderating factors should be considered in elucidating this relation.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estresse Psicológico / Fenômenos Fisiológicos Cardiovasculares / Hostilidade / Relações Interpessoais Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback Assunto da revista: CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO / PSICOFISIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estresse Psicológico / Fenômenos Fisiológicos Cardiovasculares / Hostilidade / Relações Interpessoais Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback Assunto da revista: CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO / PSICOFISIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos