Cardiovascular recovery from laboratory stress: Biopsychosocial concomitants in older adults

Vitaliano, Peter P.; Russo, Joan; Paulsen, Virginia M.; Bailey, Sandra L.

doi:10.1016/0022-3999(94)00144-t

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“…Sim ilarly, the failure to ® nd a link between anxiety and H R-R reactivity has also been reported by others, including Sturges and Goetsch (1996) as well as Bertolotti et al (1995). Anxiety m ay be m ore closely related to other cardiac responses including subjective awareness of heart rate (Sturges & Goetsch, 1996) and recovery time from stress-in duced CV R (Vitaliano et al, 1995). N one of the hypotheses involving the m otivational distortion or`fake good' scale were supported by the ® ndings of this investigation.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

Heart rate reactivity and depression in African-American and white dementia caregivers: Reporting bias or positive coping?

Knight¹,

McCallum²

1998

Aging & Mental Health

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

Heart rate reactivity and depression in African-American and white dementia caregivers: Reporting bias or positive coping?

Knight¹,

McCallum²

1998

Aging & Mental Health

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“…Studies have found that the use of both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping enhanced recovery from stress following provocation (7–9,38). Other studies have found either no associations between problem and emotion-focused coping and cardiovascular responses to stress or increased reactivity to stress or slowed recovery from stress with the use of problem and emotion-focused coping (9,10,39). Overall, there is confusion about the effect of coping mechanisms on cardiovascular responses to stress.…”

Section: Coping Stylesmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Studies focusing on reactivity indicated that the presence of a supportive companion may attenuate cardiovascular responses to stress during provocation in the lab compared to a non-supportive condition (6). In terms of coping strategies, conflicting results have been reported with some studies showing that certain types of coping styles (e.g., problem focused coping and emotion focused coping) were associated with lower cardiovascular reactivity during stressful events, while other studies did not support this association (7–10). …”

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Perceived Social Support, Coping Styles, and Chinese Immigrants’ Cardiovascular Responses to Stress

2011

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Background Social support and coping strategies are important determinants of health, especially for those in the immigrant community adjusting to a new environment. Purpose This study assessed the buffering effects of perceived social support and different coping styles on cardiovascular reactivity to stress among Chinese immigrants in the New York City Chinatown area. Method Participants (N = 50, 76% women, and 22–84 years old) completed questionnaires assessing their perceived social support and coping strategy preferences. They were then asked to recall a stress provoking event related to their immigration experience in a semi-structured interview format. Results Hierarchical multiple regression analyses confirmed the interaction effect between perceived social support and problem-focused, emotion-focused, or reappraisal coping on heart rate reactivity. Additionally, Chinese immigrants who upheld more Chinese values were highly correlated with stronger perceived availability of social support and were more likely to incorporate the use of problem-focused and reappraisal coping styles. Conclusion Findings suggest that high level of social support and the use of reappraisal coping strategies were associated with attenuated cardiovascular responses to stress.

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“…Several studies have shown that CV recovery from anger takes much longer than from other stressors (23,24); e.g., loud noise or physical exertion. Brosschot et al (22) have noted that poor recovery to prestress levels is required for an adequate model of the relation between anger and the development of CVD; and they note that poor CV recovery is related to persistently low parasympathetic activity (or low vagal tone); in contrast, high vagal tone is associated with lower heart rate, better CV recovery, greater heart rate variability, and has been shown to be cardioprotective (22,25).…”

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The Role of Angry Rumination and Distraction in Blood Pressure Recovery From Emotional Arousal

Gerin

Davidson

Christenfeld

et al. 2006

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Objective: Cardiovascular recovery of prestress baseline blood pressure has been implicated as a possible additional determinant of sustained blood pressure elevation. We hypothesize that angry ruminations may slow the recovery process. Method: A within-subjects design was used in which resting baseline blood pressure and heart rate measurements were assessed on 60 subjects, who then took part in two anger-recall tasks. After each task, subjects sat quietly and alone during a 12-minute recovery period randomized to with or without distractions. During baseline, task, and recovery, blood pressure was continuously monitored; during recovery, subjects reported their thoughts at five fixed intervals. Results: Fewer angry thoughts were reported in the distraction condition (17%) compared with no distraction (31%; p ϭ .002); an interaction showed that this effect was largely the result of the two intervals immediately after the anger-recall task. Trait rumination interacted with distraction condition such that high ruminators in the no-distraction condition evidenced the poorest blood pressure recovery, assessed as area under the curve (p ϭ .044 [systolic blood pressure] and p ϭ .046 [diastolic pressure]). Conclusions: People who have a tendency to ruminate about past anger-provoking events may be at greater risk for target organ damage as a result of sustained blood pressure elevations; the effect is exacerbated when distractions are not available to interrupt the ruminative process.

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Cardiovascular recovery from laboratory stress: Biopsychosocial concomitants in older adults

Cited by 47 publications

References 56 publications

Heart rate reactivity and depression in African-American and white dementia caregivers: Reporting bias or positive coping?

Heart rate reactivity and depression in African-American and white dementia caregivers: Reporting bias or positive coping?

Perceived Social Support, Coping Styles, and Chinese Immigrants’ Cardiovascular Responses to Stress

The Role of Angry Rumination and Distraction in Blood Pressure Recovery From Emotional Arousal

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