Key result
High social support in ordinary life was associated with cardiovascular response habituation in women, but cardiovascular sensitization in men during repeated laboratory stress testing.
Why the study?
Does social support in ordinary life moderate cardiovascular reactivity to stress differently in men and women?
Observational (n=92)
Does social support in ordinary life moderate cardiovascular reactivity to stress differently in men and women?
Social support is associated with cardiovascular response habituation to stress in women but sensitization in men, highlighting gender-specific psychosomatic mechanisms.
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Should not yet change practice; leaves open whether sex-specific social support interventions merit prospective testing.
Brian M. Hughes (2007) reported an observational. Social support was evaluated on Cardiovascular reactivity and response habituation patterns. High social support in ordinary life was associated with cardiovascular response habituation in women, but cardiovascular sensitization in men during repeated laboratory stress testing.
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