Cardiovascular responses across stressor phases: The match of gender and gender-role identification with the gender relevance of the stressor

Kolk, Annemarie M.; Well, Sonja van

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.09.004

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“…In addition, researchers have hypothesized the existence of gender-specific differences in alpha-and betaadrenergic cardiovascular activity 44 based on reported gender differences in the pressor response; however, findings are equivocal. [49][50][51] LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS It could be hypothesized that differences between conditions 4 and 3 in the placebo control group are a more valid representation of stress effects on the voice. It remains possible that participants displayed at least some anxiety in condition 1 because of the nature of the study and that condition 3 offers better insight into resting sympathetic tone.…”

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“…Supplementing previous research, recently, Kolk and van Well (2007) tested sex and gender match effects in one study. Unfortunately, they did not apply a fully crossed design but tested the sex and gender match effects in two independent analyses.…”

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Effects of Sex, Gender Role Identification, and Gender Relevance of Two Types of Stressors on Cardiovascular and Subjective Responses

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The authors tested the hypothesis that a match between the gender relevance of a stressor and one's sex or gender role identification would elicit higher cardiovascular responses. Healthy female and male undergraduates (n = 108) were exposed to two stressors: the Cold Pressor Test (CPT) and the n-back task. Stressor relevance was manipulated to be masculine or feminine relevant or gender neutral. Data were analyzed using a Bayesian model selection procedure. The results showed stronger cardiovascular responses for the CPT in the case of a gender match effect. In contrast, results for the n-back task revealed stronger cardiovascular responses for sex and gender mismatch effects. These discrepant match and mismatch effects are discussed in terms of differential task appraisal (i.e., threat vs. challenge). Additional results (a) support the success of measuring gender role identification indirectly by means of the Gender Implicit Association Test, (b) do not show that the effect of stressor relevance is more pronounced on those hemodynamic parameters typically increased by the stressor, and (c) reveal differential effects of stressor relevance for subjective and cardiovascular stress responses. Taken together, it can be concluded that the process of the cognitive appraisal of stressor relevance outlines individual variability in cardiovascular responding to acute stress.

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“…To scrutinize the relations between gender role identification, gender relevance of a stressor, and cardiovascular responses, future researchers should use a stronger gender-relevant stressor and different gender-relevant conditions. The gender relevance of a stressor could, for example, be experimentally manipulated by varying the instruction preceding the stressor (Kolk and van Well 2007;Lash et al 1990). …”

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“…It has been suggested that cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) is, in part, a function of the interaction between one's gender role identification and the gender relevance of a stressor. According to this model, individuals who strongly adhere to a gender role show greater CVR to stressors relevant to their gender than to stressors relevant to the other gender or to gender-neutral stressors (Kolk and van Well 2007;Lash et al 1990;Martz et al 1995). We expected that the more strongly individuals adhere to the masculine gender role (and the less strongly to the feminine gender role), the higher their CVR on the relatively masculine stressor.…”

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“…As the stress task used in the present study challenges successful performance with regard to work (getting the job, being the best candidate for the job) and successful performance on the N-back, the stressor was defined as relatively masculine. We classified the stressor as relatively masculine because we acknowledge that there are other stress tasks of which the masculine relevance is more pronounced (e.g., stressors in which the gender relevance is manipulated; see Kolk and van Well 2007;Lash et al 1990). …”

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Direct and Indirect Assessment of Gender Role Identification

2007

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Differences in gender role identification exist among both men and women. Earlier researchers have developed several instruments to measure the degree to which individuals identify with the masculine or feminine gender role. In the present study we examined a number of these measurement procedures. Undergraduate students (N=45) were administered three direct and two indirect measures of gender role identification. In addition, participants were exposed to a psychological stress test that was relatively masculine. Findings reveal that direct and indirect instruments tap different underlying constructs of gender role identification that are nevertheless positively correlated. Furthermore, results suggest that one of the indirect measures, the Gender Implicit Association Test (GIAT), is a promising instrument to provide an estimate of gender role identification. Of all gender role identification measures the GIAT was (a) most sensitive to sex differences and (b) the only significant predictor of systolic blood pressure responses during and after the relatively masculine stress task.

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Cardiovascular responses across stressor phases: The match of gender and gender-role identification with the gender relevance of the stressor

Cited by 8 publications

References 39 publications

Beta-Adrenergic Blockade and Voice: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Beta-Adrenergic Blockade and Voice: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Effects of Sex, Gender Role Identification, and Gender Relevance of Two Types of Stressors on Cardiovascular and Subjective Responses

Direct and Indirect Assessment of Gender Role Identification

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