Highlights the differential autonomic and cardiovascular responses to active versus passive coping mechanisms, which may have implications for cardiovascular disease processes.
Research is reviewed concerning the interrelationships among cardiodynamics, blood pressure control mechanisms, somatic activity, and the stimulus parameter of active vs passive coping. Emerging evidence suggests that with passive coping such as classical aversive conditioning, the heart is more under vagal control which is directionally linked with somatic activity, while blood pressure is more dominated by vascular processes. With active coping such as shock avoidance, the heart is under greater sympathetic control which is directionally independent of concomitant somatic activity, while cardiac influences on blood pressure become more dominant. Several current psycho physiological issues are discussed including the possible significance of these effects for cardiovascular disease processes.
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Paul A. Obrist (1976) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. Active vs passive coping was evaluated.
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