Why the study?
Do low social support and poor emotional regulation increase stress hormone reactivity to mental stress in men with systemic hypertension?
Do low social support and poor emotional regulation increase stress hormone reactivity to mental stress in men with systemic hypertension?
Low social support and poor emotional regulation are associated with exaggerated stress hormone reactivity to mental stress in men with systemic hypertension.
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Heightened stress reactivity linked to low emotional regulation and support in hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical relevance.
Wirtz et al. (2006) studied this question.
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