SEX-DIFFERENCES IN SOCIAL SUPPORT, SELF-DECEPTION, HOSTILITY, AND AMBULATORY CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIVITY

被引:113
作者
LINDEN, W
CHAMBERS, L
MAURICE, J
LENZ, JW
机构
[1] Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
关键词
PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT; DAILY STRESS; AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE; SELF-DECEPTION; HOSTILITY; SEX DIFFERENCES;
D O I
10.1037/0278-6133.12.5.376
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
The quality of the social network, ambulatory cardiovascular indices, and other health risks were assessed in 129 students. Ss carried an ambulatory monitor for a working day and completed a social support scale, an index of daily stress, and measures of anger expression, hostility, depression. and self-deception. Alcohol intake and skinfold thickness were assessed. Results indicated that quality of social support was related in an inverse manner to ambulatory systolic pressure in women only. Stepwise multiple regression confirmed that social support was an independent predictor of daily systolic pressure for women and was not confounded with subjective stress. For men, tendencies to self-deception and high hostility were independently related to elevated blood pressure and heart rate.
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