TY - JOUR
T1 - The cardiovascular response to acute psychological stress is related to subjectively giving and receiving social support
AU - Gallagher, Stephen
AU - O'Súilleabháin, Páraic S.
AU - Smith, Michael A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - The pathways linking giving and receiving emotional and instrumental social support, and cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) are not yet fully understood. Eight-two healthy young adults completed psychometric measures of giving and receiving emotional and instrumental social support and participated in a standardised laboratory stress task. Cardiovascular and hemodynamic parameters were monitored throughout. Both giving and receiving emotional support were positively associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), such that those reporting giving and receiving more emotional support had higher reactivity. Only receiving instrumental was associated with DBP, with those receiving more instrumental support having higher reactivity. Moreover, while the significant association between giving social support and CVR withstood adjustment for several confounding factors (e.g., BMI, sex) it was abolished when receiving support was controlled for. These findings are novel and extend the literature on social support and CVR. Taken together, these findings suggest that receipt of support, rather than giving, may be more influential in this context.
AB - The pathways linking giving and receiving emotional and instrumental social support, and cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) are not yet fully understood. Eight-two healthy young adults completed psychometric measures of giving and receiving emotional and instrumental social support and participated in a standardised laboratory stress task. Cardiovascular and hemodynamic parameters were monitored throughout. Both giving and receiving emotional support were positively associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), such that those reporting giving and receiving more emotional support had higher reactivity. Only receiving instrumental was associated with DBP, with those receiving more instrumental support having higher reactivity. Moreover, while the significant association between giving social support and CVR withstood adjustment for several confounding factors (e.g., BMI, sex) it was abolished when receiving support was controlled for. These findings are novel and extend the literature on social support and CVR. Taken together, these findings suggest that receipt of support, rather than giving, may be more influential in this context.
KW - Blood pressure
KW - Cardiovascular reactivity
KW - Social support
KW - Stress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102881455&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.03.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 33741367
AN - SCOPUS:85102881455
SN - 0167-8760
VL - 164
SP - 95
EP - 102
JO - International Journal of Psychophysiology
JF - International Journal of Psychophysiology
ER -