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Does experimental manipulation of social hierarchy and evaluative threat increase cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity in undergraduates?
RCT (n=180)
Does experimental manipulation of social hierarchy and evaluative threat increase cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity in undergraduates?
Experimental manipulation of social hierarchy and threat induces acute cardiovascular reactivity, suggesting a physiological pathway linking socioeconomic position to cardiovascular disease.
Acute BP reactivity to social hierarchy may link SEP to CVD risk; leaves open translation to clinical populations or outcomes.
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Cundiff et al. (2016) reported an RCT. Low relative status, high partner dominance, and high evaluative threat vs. High relative status, low partner dominance, and low evaluative threat was evaluated on Cardiovascular (SBP, DBP, HR) and salivary cortisol responses.
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