Why the study?
Do specific hostility patterns affect cardiovascular reactivity to stress in male subjects?
Do specific hostility patterns affect cardiovascular reactivity to stress in male subjects?
Specific hostility patterns, particularly harboring negative feelings while inhibiting aggression, are associated with exaggerated systolic blood pressure reactivity to stress.
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Suppressed-aggression hostility may associate with greater SBP reactivity; hypothesis-generating for CV risk, should not yet change practice.
Houston et al. (1989) studied this question.
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