Key result
Self-initiated rest periods reduced systolic blood pressure arousal, and diastolic pressure elevations were lowest when personality and situational control factors were congruous.
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May attenuate BP arousal via self-initiated rest in lab settings; leaves open clinical relevance of locus-of-control congruence for stress-related hypertension.
RCT (n=48)
2x2 factorial
Douglas E. DeGood (1975) reported an RCT. Self-initiated rest periods vs. Experimenter-imposed rest periods was evaluated on Systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Self-initiated rest periods reduced systolic blood pressure arousal, and diastolic pressure elevations were lowest when personality and situational control factors were congruous.
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