Key result
Lower childhood socioeconomic status predicted higher heart rate and systolic blood pressure at recovery from stress, an association that was buffered by greater psychological resources.
Why the study?
Does low childhood SES worsen cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to stress in adult men, and do psychological resources mitigate this effect?
Cohort (n=246)
No
Does low childhood SES worsen cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to stress in adult men, and do psychological resources mitigate this effect?
Psychological resources may buffer the adverse effects of low childhood socioeconomic status on cardiovascular recovery from stress in adulthood.
May support psychological interventions for low childhood SES adults; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
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Boylan et al. (2016) conducted a cohort in Cardiovascular reactivity to stress (n=246). Low childhood socioeconomic status vs. Higher childhood socioeconomic status was evaluated on Cardiovascular measures (SBP, DBP, HR, HF-HRV) during and following standardized laboratory psychological stressors. Lower childhood socioeconomic status predicted higher heart rate and systolic blood pressure at recovery from stress, an association that was buffered by greater psychological resources.
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