Cardiovascular and Psychological Reactivity and Recovery from Harassment in a Biracial Sample of High and Low Hostile Men and Women

Neumann, Stefanie; Maier, Karl J.; Brown, Jessica; Giggey, Paul P.; Cooper, Denise C.; Synowski, Stephen J.; Goble, Layne; Suarez, Edward C.; Waldstein, Shari R.

doi:10.1007/s12529-010-9110-0

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“…3a), even after accounting for sex differences in body mass index and baseline levels. A few studies, however, have failed to find sex differences in heart rate reactivity (Kelly et al, 2008; Neumann et al, 2010; Strahler et al, 2010), indicating that this effect may not be as robust as the SBP effects in adults. In fact, evidence suggests that the inconsistencies in heart rate studies may reflect the moderating influence of polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR).…”

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Sex differences in physiological reactivity to acute psychosocial stress in adolescence

Ordaz

Luna

2012

Psychoneuroendocrinology

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Summary Females begin to demonstrate greater negative affective responses to stress than males in adolescence. This may reflect the concurrent emergence of underlying differences in physiological response systems, including corticolimbic circuitries, the hypothalamic—pituitary— adrenal axis (HPAA), and the autonomic nervous system (ANS). This review examines when sex differences in physiological reactivity to acute psychosocial stress emerge and the directionality of these differences over development. Indeed, the literature indicates that sex differences emerge during adolescence and persist into adulthood for all three physiological response systems. However, the directionality of the differences varies by system. The emerging corti-colimbic reactivity literature suggests greater female reactivity, particularly in limbic regions densely innervated by gonadal hormone receptors. In contrast, males generally show higher levels of HPAA and ANS reactivity. We argue that the contrasting directionality of corticolimbic and peripheral physiological responses may reflect specific effects of gonadal hormones on distinct systems and also sex differences in evolved behavioral responses that demand different levels of peripheral physiological activation. Studies that examine both subjective reports of negative affect and physiological responses indicate that beginning in adolescence, females respond to acute stressors with more intense negative affect than males despite their comparatively lower peripheral physiological responses. This dissociation is not clearly explained by sex differences in the strength of the relationship between physiological and subjective responses. We suggest that females' greater subjective responsivity may instead arise from a greater activity in brain regions that translate stress responses to subjective awareness in adolescence. Future research directions include investigations of the role of pubertal hormones in physiological reactivity across all systems, examining the relationship of corticolimbic reactivity and negative affect, and sex differences in emotion regulation processes.

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Sex differences in physiological reactivity to acute psychosocial stress in adolescence

Ordaz

Luna

2012

Psychoneuroendocrinology

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“…Within the framework of social determinants of health the aim of the Editorial for this issue of International Journal of Behavioral Medicine is to emphasize six studies of psychological and social conditions under different phases of life in relation to a number of health-related outcomes as illustrated in Fig. 2 [3][4][5][6][7][8].…”

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Social Determinants of Health at Different Phases of Life

Toivanen

Modin

2011

Int.J. Behav. Med.

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“…Brindle et al, ). A number of studies have found blunted cardiovascular responses to be associated with maladaptive mood and mental health statuses (e.g., Neumann et al, ; Phillips, Hunt, Der, & Carroll, ). In recent years, some work suggests that blunted patterns of stress responsivity may reflect similarly negative health consequences as those associated with exaggerated stress responding (e.g., Hughes, Lü, & Howards, ; Lovallo, ; Phillips, Ginty, & Hughes, ).…”

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Trait dominance and cardiovascular functioning during social stress

Lee

Hughes

2019

Stress and Health

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Cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to stress has been found to be an important indicator of future ill health, and individual differences in personality have been posited to explain disparities in outcomes. Dominance is associated with forceful persons who desire hierarchy in social interactions. This study investigated dominance and CVR during social or asocial stressors. Sixty-one women, categorized as low, moderate, or high in dominance using the Jackson Personality Research Form, completed a social or asocial stressor while undergoing cardiovascular measurement during baseline, stressor, and recovery phases. A 3 × 2 × 3 analysis of covariance revealed a significant Phase × Stressor × Dominance interaction for systolic blood pressure (SBP).Women with lower and moderate dominance-but not women with higher dominance-exhibited greater SBP responses to stress in the social condition compared with the asocial condition. No significant difference was found for women with higher dominance, indicative of blunted SBP during the social stressor. During recovery, women with lower dominance had marginally elevated SBP in the social condition compared with the asocial condition. The current study extends prior knowledge of the association between dominance and CVR, such that greater dominance was associated with blunted SBP and lower dominance was associated with attenuated recovery to social stress. K E Y W O R D Scardiovascular functioning, social stress, trait dominance

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Cardiovascular and Psychological Reactivity and Recovery from Harassment in a Biracial Sample of High and Low Hostile Men and Women

Cited by 7 publications

References 79 publications

Sex differences in physiological reactivity to acute psychosocial stress in adolescence

Sex differences in physiological reactivity to acute psychosocial stress in adolescence

Social Determinants of Health at Different Phases of Life

Trait dominance and cardiovascular functioning during social stress

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