Why the study?
Do dominant and submissive women have different cardiovascular and testosterone responses to an acute stressor involving contested dominance?
Do dominant and submissive women have different cardiovascular and testosterone responses to an acute stressor involving contested dominance?
Dominant women exhibit greater cardiovascular reactivity to contested dominance stressors compared to submissive women, with baseline testosterone correlating with systolic blood pressure changes in the dominant group.
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May suggest dominance influences acute CV reactivity in women; leaves open links to long-term risk.
Rejeski et al. (1990) studied this question.
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