John J Sollers

Biographic Data

ID4996334
NAMEJohn J Sollers
GIVEN NAMESJohn J
FAMILY NAMESollers
SIGNATURESOLLERS J J
AFFILIATIONSNational Institute on Aging
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS64
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX2

  • Stereotype threat, trait perseveration, and vagal activity

    Daniel P Williams, Nicholas Joseph et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2017Cited by: 1References: 4

    Objective: Black Americans (BAs) are at an elevated risk for morbidity and mortality in comparison to White Americans (WAs). Racial stressors are a common occurrence in American culture and is theorized to contribute to these disparities. When race-focused, stereotype threat (ST) is considered to be a factor that is detrimental to health in BAs; however few studies have directly investigated the impact of a ST manipulation on physiological functi…

  • Ethnic Differences in Resting Heart Rate Variability

    Labarron K Hill, Dixie Doreen Hu et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2015

    BACKGROUND: Ethnic disparities in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are widely documented in the literature. Recently, research has shown that decreased parasympathetic cardiac modulation is associated with the established and emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. In consideration of the disproportionate CVD risk and disease profile of African Americans (AAs), it is plausible that decreased cardiac parasympatheti…

  • Robots with Display Screens

    Open AccessEdward Broadbent, Elizabeth Broadbent et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2013

    It is important for robot designers to know how to make robots that interact effectively with humans. One key dimension is robot appearance and in particular how humanlike the robot should be. Uncanny Valley theory suggests that robots look uncanny when their appearance approaches, but is not absolutely, human. An underlying mechanism may be that appearance affects users' perceptions of the robot's personality and mind. This study aimed to invest…

  • A meta-analysis of heart rate variability and neuroimaging studies

    Open AccessJulian F Thayer, Fredrik Åhs et al.ARTICLENeuroscience & Biobehavioral…2012

  • Cardiovascular-Emotional Dampening

    James A McCubbin, Marcellus M Merritt et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011

    Objective: Persons with elevated blood pressure (BP) show dampened emotional responses to affect-laden stimuli. We sought to further examine cardiovascular-emotional dampening by examination of the relationship between resting hemodynamic measures and recognition of emotion in an African American community-based sample. Methods: Participants were 106 African American men and women (55 women; mean age = 52.8 years), mainly low in socioeconomic sta…

  • Coping as Predictor of Psychiatric Functioning and Pain in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

    Open AccessCamela McDougald, Christopher L Edwards et al.ARTICLEJournal of African American Studies2008References: 6

  • Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress

    Marcellus M Merritt, Gary G Bennett et al.ARTICLEHealth Psychology2006Cited by: 33References: 10

    This study evaluated cardiovascular responses (CVR) to an active speech task with blatantly discriminatory (BRC) versus neutral (NRC) stimuli and an anger recall task in a sample of Black men (N = 73; age 18 to 47). Diastolic blood pressure scores were higher for NRC versus BRC stimuli during anger recall (p = .05). Moreover, persons in the NRC group who perceived high levels of racism (vs. no racism or BRC group) during active speech showed larg…

  • Stress, coping, and health outcomes among African-Americans

    Gary G Bennett, Marcellus M Merritt et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2004

    The John Henryism (JH) hypothesis argues that prolonged high-effort coping with chronic psychosocial stressors may be associated with elevated risk for negative health outcomes among those without sufficient socioeconomic resources. Early JH studies found a significant association between high JH, low socioeconomic status, and hypertension among African-Americans. More recently, these findings have been extended to a wide array of health status o…

  • Low Educational Attainment, John Henryism, and Cardiovascular Reactivity to and Recovery From Personally Relevant Stress

    Marcellus M Merritt, Gary G Bennett et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2004

    OBJECTIVE: The John Henryism hypothesis proposes that a high level of John Henryism (JH: high-effort coping with psychosocial demands) is predictive of hypertension at low but not high socioeconomic status (SES). The objectives of the present study were to determine whether high JH and low SES (education, income, job status, and job strain) were associated with increased cardiovascular responses to laboratory social stressors. METHODS: Subjects w…

  • Perceived Racism and Affective Responses to Ambiguous Interpersonal Interactions among African American Men

    Open AccessGary G Bennett, Marcellus M Merritt et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2004Cited by: 30References: 12

    The current study examined affective responses to ambiguous interpersonal interactions containing both ambiguous and overtly racist content. Participants included 74 African American males (ages 18-47), half of whom heard a depiction of a negative social interaction with blatantly racist content (BRC). The remaining participants heard a similar scenario containing no racist content (NRC). Negative affect scores were higher for those in the BRC gr…

  • Effects of Temperature on Cardiovascular Response and Mood in Men and Women

    John J Sollers, Rachel Nabors-Oberg et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1998

    Sollers, John J. III; Nabors-Oberg, Rachel; Sanford, Tiffany; Thayer, Julian F. Author Information