Type A and Cardiovascular Responsiveness in Italian Blue Collar Workers

Bertolotti, Giorgio; Angelino, Elisabetta; Bettinardi, Ornella; Zotti, Anna Maria; Sanavio, Ezio; Vidotto, Giulio; Mazzuero, Giorgio

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“…Bertolotti et al, 1995;Booth-K ewley & Friedm an, 1987). 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).…”

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“…T his study adds a sam ple of older adults under chronic stress to a growing literature on the connection between depression and CV R (e.g. Bertolotti et al, 1995;Booth-K ewley & Friedm an, 1987). 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).…”

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

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

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McCallum²

1998

Aging & Mental Health

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Psychophysiological reactivity, depression, neuroticism and type a behaviour: An interactive effect?

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The greater reactivity in Type A subjects is a controversial issue. It is possible that anxiety, neuroticism and depression interact with Type A behaviour pattern, giving rise to different psychophysiological reactivity. To evaluate this hypothesis we studied 70 Italian healthy male volunteers. All were blue‐collar workers. Cardiac health was confirmed by a detailed family and medical history. Individual assessment included the Structured Interview, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), the State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Depression Questionnaire (QD). To assess cardiac (rate‐pressure product) and electrodermic (skin conductance level) psychophysiological reactivity we used the following tasks: (1) Interactive Concentration Test (ICT); (2) Mental Arithmetic (MAT); (3) Workside Noises (WN). In Type A (A1 + A2) subjects a higher neuroticism score was associated with greater reactivity whereas in non A (X + B) subjects a lower neuroticism score was associated with greater reactivity. Subjects classified as Type A with lower depression scores had greater cardiovascular responses, whereas in non A subjects higher depression scores were associated with greater reactivity.

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Type A and Cardiovascular Responsiveness in Italian Blue Collar Workers

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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?

Psychophysiological reactivity, depression, neuroticism and type a behaviour: An interactive effect?

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