Key result
Young men with a parental history of hypertension, high need for approval, and low anger acknowledgment manifested significantly higher stressor-induced blood pressure responsivity than other groups.
Why the study?
Do patterns of social desirability and anger in young men with a parental history of hypertension associate with stressor-induced blood pressure responsivity?
Observational
Do patterns of social desirability and anger in young men with a parental history of hypertension associate with stressor-induced blood pressure responsivity?
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A psychological profile characterized by high need for approval and low anger acknowledgment is associated with exaggerated stressor-induced blood pressure reactivity in young men with a parental history of hypertension.
We identified, via cluster analysis, subgroups of young men with a parental history of hypertension (PH+) who differed in their profiles of need for approval, covert experience of anger, and extent to which they express anger when provoked. The PH+ subgroup with high need for approval and low anger acknowledgment scored higher on denial but lower on measures of angry temperament and overt display of anger than did the PH+ subgroup with low need for approval and high anger acknowledgment or men without a parental history of hypertension (PH-). Moreover, the PH+ subgroup with high need for approval and low anger acknowledgment manifested significantly higher stressor-induced blood pressure (BP) responsivity than did the other two groups. Possible relations between parental history status, need for approval, anger, BP reactivity, and essential hypertension are discussed.
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Jorgensen et al. (1992) conducted an observational in Parental history of hypertension. High need for approval and low anger acknowledgment vs. Low need for approval and high anger acknowledgment, or no parental history of hypertension was evaluated on Stressor-induced blood pressure (BP) responsivity. Young men with a parental history of hypertension, high need for approval, and low anger acknowledgment manifested significantly higher stressor-induced blood pressure responsivity than other groups.
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