Key result
High avoidant coping is linked to greater systolic blood pressure reactivity during stress.
Why the study?
The relationship between avoidant coping style and cardiovascular reactivity along with subjective anxiety responses during stress was explored to understand potential health risks.
Does an avoidant coping style increase cardiovascular reactivity and verbal-autonomic response dissociation in students during a stress task?
Observational (n=40)
Does an avoidant coping style increase cardiovascular reactivity and verbal-autonomic response dissociation in students during a stress task?
An avoidant coping style is associated with greater systolic blood pressure reactivity and verbal-autonomic response dissociation during stress, which may indicate an increased risk for physical health problems.
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Hypothesis-generating for avoidant coping and cardiovascular reactivity in students; leaves open clinical relevance.
Kohlmann et al. (1996) reported an observational. High avoidant coping style vs. Low avoidant coping style was evaluated on Systolic blood pressure reactivity and verbal-autonomic response dissociation. High-avoidant individuals showed greater systolic blood pressure reactivity and verbal-autonomic response dissociation compared to low-avoidant individuals during speech tasks.
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