Interactive but not direct effects of perceived racism and trait anger predict resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure in black adolescents

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8090778
AutoresRodney Clark (autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume25
Fascículo5
Páginas580-585
Data de publicação2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0278-6133 • E-ISSN: 1930-7810
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/0278-6133.25.5.580
PMID17014275
OpenAlexW2083139941
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas13

This correlation study explicated the association of perceived racism and trait anger to resting blood pressure in a high school sample of 234 Blacks. Perceived racism and trait anger were assessed via self-report, and resting blood pressure was measured with a noninvasive blood pressure monitor. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that perceived racism and trait anger were not independent predictors of systolic or diastolic blood pressure. However, these analyses revealed that the interactive effects of perceived racism and trait anger were predictive of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Although perceived racism was not significantly related to blood pressure among those who were high in trait anger, perceived racism was inversely associated with blood pressure among those who were low in trait anger. The findings may have important longer term implications for future research examining the contribution of psychosocial factors to cardiac and vascular functioning in Blacks

Anger · Blood pressure · Cardiology · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Racism · Trait · Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Stress Responses and Cortisol · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine