Key result
Higher trait hostility combined with high perceived social support was associated with greater systolic blood pressure reactivity to laboratory stressors.
Why the study?
Do trait hostility and perceived social support interact to affect cardiovascular reactivity to laboratory stressors in healthy college students?
Population
108 healthy college students (53 men, 55 women)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Should not yet inform clinical risk assessment; hypothesis-generating for hostility-support interactions on cardiovascular reactivity.
Observational (n=108)
Do trait hostility and perceived social support interact to affect cardiovascular reactivity to laboratory stressors in healthy college students?
Trait hostility and perceived social support interact to influence cardiovascular reactivity to stress, suggesting a complex relationship between psychosocial factors and cardiovascular risk.
Chen et al. (2005) conducted an observational in Healthy (n=108). Trait hostility and perceived social support was evaluated on Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate reactivity. Higher trait hostility combined with high perceived social support was associated with greater systolic blood pressure reactivity to laboratory stressors.
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