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Effects of Priming Family versus Friend Support and Non-support on Subsequent Cardiovascular Reactivity to Acute Psychological Stress

Warfel, Regina M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1248985718

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2009, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Experimental Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
To further understand the relationship between cognitive aspects of close relationships and health, the present study examined the effects of writing about supportive or non-supportive family and friends on blood pressure and heart rate responses to stress. In a 2 Relationship Quality x 2 Relationship Type mixed design study, 88 participants were randomly assigned to either a supportive or non-supportive priming condition (between groups) and were asked to write about friend and family relationships (within groups) in two separate sessions. After a 10 minute baseline, participants engaged in writing and thinking about a specific relationship for 4 minutes, prior to engaging a preparation and interview-style speech task. Unexpectedly, results revealed null effects of relationship quality as well as null interaction effects; however, a main effect of relationship type emerged, such that writing about family relationships significantly attenuated DBP responses to the preparation and speech tasks, relative to writing about friends. These findings suggest that writing about more familiar relationships may aid in one‚s ability to cope with subsequent stress, relative to writing about less familiar relationships.
Christopher R. France, PhD (Advisor)
144 p.
Experiments; Health; Personal Relationships; Physiological Psychology; Psychology; Social Psychology; Social Research
relationships; priming; blood pressure; heart rate; reactivity; cognitive; friends; family; affect, physiological; cardiovascular; social relationships; CVR; CV; BP; HR; SBP; DBP

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  • Warfel, R. M. (2009). Effects of Priming Family versus Friend Support and Non-support on Subsequent Cardiovascular Reactivity to Acute Psychological Stress [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1248985718

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Warfel, Regina. Effects of Priming Family versus Friend Support and Non-support on Subsequent Cardiovascular Reactivity to Acute Psychological Stress. 2009. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1248985718.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Warfel, Regina. "Effects of Priming Family versus Friend Support and Non-support on Subsequent Cardiovascular Reactivity to Acute Psychological Stress." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1248985718

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