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To examine the impact of stereotype threat on blood pressure reactivity and academic test performance.

May 1, 2001Psychological Science

African Americans and High Blood Pressure: The Role of Stereotype Threat

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JBJim BlascovichUniversity of California, Santa Barbara SSSteven J. SpencerThe Ohio State University DQDiane M. QuinnUniversity of Tasmania

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Experimental study reveals stereotype threat increases blood pressure reactivity and impairs test performance in African Americans, highlighting psychosocial factors in hypertension risk.

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To examine the impact of stereotype threat on blood pressure reactivity and academic test performance.
Measured blood pressure reactivity and task performance during an academic test among African American and European American participants exposed to varying levels of stereotype threat.
African Americans under stereotype threat exhibited greater increases in mean arterial blood pressure during testing compared to European Americans and African Americans facing low or no stereotype threat.
Participants exposed to stereotype threat demonstrated worse performance on difficult test items.

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Blascovich et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ff5f34b124fe5819856625 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00340

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Experimental study reveals stereotype threat increases blood pressure reactivity and impairs test performance in African Americans, highlighting psychosocial factors in hypertension risk.

African Americans and High Blood Pressure: The Role of Stereotype Threat

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African Americans and High Blood Pressure: The Role of Stereotype Threat

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