Effects of trait dominance on psychological and cardiovascular responses to social influence attempts: the role of gender and partner dominance

Gramer, Margit; Berner, Manuela

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2004.08.006

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“…Having identified the different initial responses to varying stress stimuli, future studies should examine if there are specific hemodynamic response patterns (cardiac versus vascular), possibly reflecting differences in sympathoadrenal activation (Gramer and Berner, 2005;McCaffery et al, 2000), and whether these responses differ between mental challenge, orthostatic challenge, and combinations of both.…”

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Time course of cardiovascular responses induced by mental and orthostatic challenges

Lackner

Goswami

Papousek

et al. 2010

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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Cardiovascular responses to single stressors diminish over time. Interaction of different stressors influencing hemodynamic variables, indicative of stress-induced reactivity and physiological responses are, however, poorly understood. We investigated time course of mental (using mental arithmetic, MA) and orthostatic (using head up tilt, HUT) challenges induced responses in 16 males. Three protocols were used: HUT, MA and MA + HUT, with sessions randomized and two weeks apart. Hemodynamic responses were compared for 30 s epochs of stress application (stress T1 , stress T2 …). Compared to baseline, HUT, HUT + MA and MA applications affected heart rate (HR) (+ 15.1 ± 8.0 bpm, + 20.0 ± 9.2 bpm, + 11.9 ± 7.2 bpm, all p's b .001, respectively) and stroke volume (SV) (− 22.3 ± 8.1 ml, − 22.0 ± 10.4 ml, − 7.6 ± 8.7 ml, all p's b .001, respectively). HUT and MA + HUT induced HR increases were higher in stress T2 compared to stress T1 (p b .05) and reached maximum at stress T2 . HUT and MA + HUT further reduced SV in stress T2 as compared to stress T1 (p b .001); lowest SV was in stress T2 . Mean arterial pressure reached its minimum in stress T1 during HUT and MA + HUT (− 6.0 ± 8.5 mm Hg, p b .001, − 4.4 ± 9.7 mm Hg, p b .01, respectively) but increased in MA (+ 4.3 ± 3.7 mm Hg, p b .01). Combination of MA + HUT resulted in different time courses of blood pressure responses as compared to HUT alone. We conclude that application of single or combined stress challenges lead to stressor-and time dependent-initial changes in cardiovascular responses. Our findings provide novel insights regarding the duration a stressor must be applied to elicit maximal cardiovascular responses.

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Time course of cardiovascular responses induced by mental and orthostatic challenges

Lackner

Goswami

Papousek

et al. 2010

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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“…For example, exposure during a problem-solving interaction to a male partner who displays dominant behavior produces greater SBP reactivity in women (Newton and Bane 2001). Both men and women also display elevated DBP while interacting with a dominant partner when instructed to influence their partner or when asserting differing opinions (Gramer and Berner 2005;Newton et al 1999). Similarly, when interacting with a spouse, wives given the task to influence their husbands exhibit greater DBP reactivity when they perceive him to be dominant (Brown et al 1998) However, subordinate individuals do not always exhibit greater reactivity.…”

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“…High-dominant compared to low-dominant participants report experiencing less distress and having higher confidence when asserting an opposing opinion during a discussion task (Gramer and Berner 2005). Several researchers have found that men's satisfaction with their relationships is not affected by the hostility characteristics of their partner interactions, whereas women are highly attuned to and influenced by a male partner's hostility (Ewart et al 1991;Gaelick et al 1985;KiecoltGlaser et al 1993;Loving et al 2004).…”

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Toward an Understanding of Gender Differences in the Impact of Marital Conflict on Health

Wanic

Kulik

2011

Sex Roles

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The present paper addresses the consistent finding that men derive more benefit from marriage in terms of both morbidity and mortality compared to women in U. S. society. Based on the evidence that spousal conflict adversely influences physiology and health, with greater negative impact on wives compared to husbands, we propose that the stronger impact of relationship negativity contributes to the decreased marriage benefit for women. Evidence bearing on two explanations for this differential impact of conflict is reviewed. The relationalinterdependence view, proposed by Kiecolt-Glaser and Newton (2001), holds that women are more affected by marital conflict because of their more relationally interdependent self-representations. An alternative view, which we call the subordination-reactivity hypothesis, suggests that women experience greater physiological and psychological reactivity to marital discord because they typically occupy subordinate (lower status and less powerful) positions relative to their husbands. A review of the evidence on the physiological effects of social status is combined with that of the relationship between gender and status, both within society at large and interpersonal relationships specifically, to support the subordination-reactivity hypothesis. Specifically, there is evidence that low social status negatively impacts health and that women generally occupy subordinate status. The relational-interdependence view is re-evaluated and its intersection with the subordination-reactivity hypothesis is explored. Finally, implications and future directions are discussed.

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“…In this respect, there is some evidence for more complete blood pressure recovery in dominant individuals (Gramer, 2003) or individuals assigned to an induced dominant status condition (Mendelson, Thurston, & Kubzansky, 2008). Furthermore, cardiac responses of high dominant individuals were accompanied by higher appraised coping efficacy and less experienced distress (Gramer, 2003;Gramer & Berner, 2005;Hughes & Callinan, 2007;Mendelson et al, 2008). Overall, these findings seem to suggest more adaptive stress-related responses in high compared to low dominant individuals.…”

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“…Investigations that directly assessed the influence of trait dominance on cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) are few in number. However, several of these studies observed enhanced SBP reactivity (Gramer, 2003;Gramer & Berner, 2005;Hughes & Callinan, 2007;Newton, Bane, Flores, & Greenfield, 1999;Newton, Watters, Philhower, & Weigel, 2005) in high trait dominant individuals, whereas responses of low dominants might be characterized by greater diastolic (DBP) or (alphaadrenergically mediated) vascular reactivity (Gramer, 2003;Gramer & Berner, 2005). Similarly, mental activation of a state of high social power was found to elicit a cardiac response, whereas mental activation of low social power was accompanied by greater vascular activity (Scheepers, de Wit, Ellemers, & Sassenberg, 2012).…”

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Experimental manipulations of social status and stress-induced cardiovascular responses in high and low trait dominant men

Gramer

Schön

2015

Personality and Individual Differences

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Effects of trait dominance on psychological and cardiovascular responses to social influence attempts: the role of gender and partner dominance

Cited by 16 publications

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Time course of cardiovascular responses induced by mental and orthostatic challenges

Time course of cardiovascular responses induced by mental and orthostatic challenges

Toward an Understanding of Gender Differences in the Impact of Marital Conflict on Health

Experimental manipulations of social status and stress-induced cardiovascular responses in high and low trait dominant men

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