TY - JOUR
KW - Defensive Hostility
KW - Cardiovascular Reactivity
KW - Stress
AU - Francesc Palmero
AU - Alicia Breva
AU - Óscar Landeta
AB - Cardiovascular reactivity is considered as a risk factor in the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases. Previous research has showed a relationship between psychological factors, such as hostility, and an excessive cardiac reactivity. However, recent research has showed inconsistent results, suggesting a multidimensional nature of Hostility as a possible explanatory cause of this lack of consistence. As a consequence, a new dimension of hostility, defensive hostility, has been proposed in order to explain the relationship between hostility and psychophysiological response. In this study, we examined the combined effects of hostility and defensiveness in order to predict cardiovascular reactivity. Undergraduate students had to cope with a real stressing event while heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were recorded. Participants fulfilled different psychological test (Cook-Medley Hostility Inventory and Marlowe-Crown Social Desirability Questionnaire). Results showed that high hostility and high social desirability people present a higher cardiovascular reactivity. These results are interpreted as suggesting a higher accuracy of defensive hostility to predict cardiovascular activity.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal article
N2 - Cardiovascular reactivity is considered as a risk factor in the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases. Previous research has showed a relationship between psychological factors, such as hostility, and an excessive cardiac reactivity. However, recent research has showed inconsistent results, suggesting a multidimensional nature of Hostility as a possible explanatory cause of this lack of consistence. As a consequence, a new dimension of hostility, defensive hostility, has been proposed in order to explain the relationship between hostility and psychophysiological response. In this study, we examined the combined effects of hostility and defensiveness in order to predict cardiovascular reactivity. Undergraduate students had to cope with a real stressing event while heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were recorded. Participants fulfilled different psychological test (Cook-Medley Hostility Inventory and Marlowe-Crown Social Desirability Questionnaire). Results showed that high hostility and high social desirability people present a higher cardiovascular reactivity. These results are interpreted as suggesting a higher accuracy of defensive hostility to predict cardiovascular activity.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2002
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 115
EP - 142
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Defensive hostility and cardiovascular reactivity in a real-life stressful situation
VL - 8
ER -