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Does hostility level affect cardiovascular reactivity during interpersonal confrontation in women?
Does hostility level affect cardiovascular reactivity during interpersonal confrontation in women?
Contrary to expectations, low hostile women exhibited greater cardiovascular reactivity during interpersonal confrontation than high hostile women, potentially due to greater task engagement.
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Questions expected hostility-reactivity link in women; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change clinical risk assessment.
Piferi et al. (2000) studied this question.
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