Emotion regulation tendencies and cardiovascular responses to repeated acute psychological stress.
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular reactivity
Emotion regulation
Heart rate
Impulse control
Stress adaptation
Journal
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
ISSN: 1872-7697
Titre abrégé: Int J Psychophysiol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8406214
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
29
08
2023
revised:
16
10
2023
accepted:
27
10
2023
medline:
27
11
2023
pubmed:
2
11
2023
entrez:
1
11
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Poor emotion regulation has been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) through maladaptive cardiovascular responses to psychological stress. However, there has been scant research examining the relationship between emotion regulation and habituation of cardiovascular responses to recurrent stress, which may be more directly applicable to the experience of stress in everyday life. The aims of the current study were to examine the associations between emotion regulation tendencies and cardiovascular stress reactivity, as well as habituation of cardiovascular reactivity across repeated stressors. A sample of 453 participants (mean (SD) age = 19.5 (1.3) years; 62 % women) completed a repeated stress paradigm, which consisted of two 10-minute baselines and two identical 4-minute stress tasks, separated by a 10-minute recovery period. Heart rate (HR) was measured continuously; systolic/diastolic blood pressures (SBP/DBP) were measured every 2 min. At the end of the visit, participants completed the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Results indicate that impulse control difficulties when distressed (a DERS subscale) were significantly associated with blunted SBP, DBP, and HR reactivity to both stressors, as well as impaired HR habituation across the stressors. None of the ERQ subscales (cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression) were found to be associated with cardiovascular stress reactivity or habituation. The outcomes of this study demonstrate a potential underlying physiological pathway through which impulse control difficulties when distressed may contribute to CVD risk. This study also reveals the importance of extending traditional cardiovascular stress reactivity protocols to include multiple exposures of the same stress task.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37914039
pii: S0167-8760(23)00532-9
doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2023.112261
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
112261Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest None.