April 1, 2005Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Interactive effects of avoidant coping and parental hypertension on Rate Pressure Product reactivity in women
Why the study?
Does the interaction of avoidant coping and parental hypertension increase cardiovascular reactivity to laboratory stressors in healthy female students?
Population
63 healthy female students
Design
Cross-sectional
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Discussion
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Implication
Should not yet change practice; hypothesis-generating for familial risk–coping interactions in reactivity.
Structured PICO
Does the interaction of avoidant coping and parental hypertension increase cardiovascular reactivity to laboratory stressors in healthy female students?
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Population
63 healthy female students
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Intervention
Exposure to three laboratory stressors (evaluated videotaped speech, cold pressor, and viewing of the speech video) assessed alongside dispositional avoidant coping and parental hypertension
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Outcome
Rate pressure product (RPP) reactivity to laboratory stressorssurrogate
The combination of parental hypertension and avoidant coping enhances cardiovascular reactivity to self-threatening stressors, suggesting a synergistic effect of genetic and personality factors on cardiovascular risk.
Cite This Study
Schwerdtfeger et al. (2005) studied this question.