King A C, Taylor C B, Albright C A, Haskell W L
Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1583.
J Psychosom Res. 1990;34(4):461-71. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(90)90070-k.
The current study explored the relationship between repressive coping and blood pressure responses at rest and during a mental challenge. One hundred and twenty healthy, middle-aged men and women completed anxiety and defensiveness measures. Subjects scoring below the median on anxiety and above the median on defensiveness were categorized as repressors; those below the median on both measures as low-anxious; those above the median on anxiety and below the median on defensiveness as moderately anxious; and those above the median on both measures as defensive moderately-anxious. As predicted, repressors showed greater systolic blood pressure reactivity in response to a mental challenge relative to the other groups (p less than 0.01). Repressors also had greater resting systolic blood pressure levels than the other groups (p less than 0.001). The findings are discussed with respect to the potential influence of this response pattern on blood pressure and other CVD risk factors and behaviors.
本研究探讨了压抑应对方式与静息及心理挑战期间血压反应之间的关系。120名健康的中年男性和女性完成了焦虑和防御性测量。焦虑得分低于中位数且防御性得分高于中位数的受试者被归类为压抑者；两项测量得分均低于中位数的为低焦虑者；焦虑得分高于中位数且防御性得分低于中位数的为中度焦虑者；两项测量得分均高于中位数的为防御性中度焦虑者。正如预期的那样，与其他组相比，压抑者在应对心理挑战时表现出更大的收缩压反应性（p小于0.01）。压抑者的静息收缩压水平也高于其他组（p小于0.001）。针对这种反应模式对血压及其他心血管疾病风险因素和行为的潜在影响进行了讨论。
