Effects of Social Support on Cardiovascular and Cortisol Reactivity during Passive and Active Behavioral Challenge

Title
Effects of Social Support on Cardiovascular and Cortisol Reactivity during Passive and Active Behavioral Challenge
Publication Date
2011
Author(s)
Thorsteinsson, Einar B
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-1989
Email: ethorste@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ethorste
James, Jack E
Douglas, M Elizabeth
Omodei, Mary M
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Scientific Journals International
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:10161
Abstract
The effects of social support on cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity during stressful situations were examined. Sixty healthy male and female participants were randomly allocated to support, no-support, or alone conditions. In the active challenge, participants had higher diastolic blood pressure in the support than the alone condition. In the passive challenge, the support condition reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure reactivity compared with no-support, and heart rate compared with the alone condition. The active and passive challenges elicited "mixed" and vascular hemodynamic profile, respectively. The results partly support the health benefits of support through reduced reactivity in stressful situations.
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Citation
Journal of Psychiatry, Psychology and Mental Health, 3(1), p. 1-12
ISSN
2150-7937
Start page
1
End page
12

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