Spouse-pair risk factors and cardiovascular reactivity

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-51

  Frankish, C James ^a   Linden, Wolfgang ^b  

^a Inst of Health Promotion Research   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Education; Marital satisfaction; Type A behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOUSE; STRESS; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; TYPE B BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030066236     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-3999(95)00541-2     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. LINDEN W. On the impending death of the Type A construct: or is there a phoenix arising from the ashes? Can J Behav Scii 1987; 19: 177-190.
2. MATTHEWS K. Psychological perspectives on the Type A behavior pattern. Psychol Bul 1982; 91: 293-323.
3. MATTHEWS KA, HAYNES S. Type A behaviour pattern and coronary disease risk: update and critical evaluation. Am J Epidemiol 1986; 123: 923-960.
4. BAREFOOT J, DAHLSTROM W, WILLIAMS R. Hostility, CHD incidence, and total mortality: a 25 year follow-up of 255 physicians. Psychosom Med 1983; 45: 59-63.
5. FISCHMAN J. Type A on trial. Psychol Today 1987; February, 42-50.
6. MILLER T, TURNER C, TINDALE S, POSOVAC E, DUGONI B. Reasons for the trend towards null findings on Type A behavior. Psychol Bull 1991; 110: 469-485.
7. MILLER T. A meta-analytic review of research on hostility and coronary heart disease. Unpublished manuscript, University of Texas, 1993.
8. BOOTH-KEWLEY S, FRIEDMAN H. Psychological predictors of heart disease: a quantitative review. Psychol Bull 1987; 101: 343-362.
9. FRIEDMAN H, BOOTH-KEWLEY S. Personality, Type A behavior, and coronary heart disease: the role of emotional expression. J Pers Soc Psychol 1987; 48: 1299-1315.
10. SCHERWITZ L, GRAHAM L, GRANDITS G, BUEHLER J, BILLINGS J. Self-involvement and coronary heart disease incidence in the MRFIT Risk Factor Intervention Trial. Psychosom Med 1986; 48: 187-199.
11. HUBBS-TAIT L, BLODGETT C. The mediating effects of self-esteem and coronary-prone behavior on problem-solving and affect under low and high stress. Behav Med 1989; 15: 101-110.
12. STRUBE M, WERNER C. Relinquishment of control and the Type A behavior pattern. J Pers Soc Psychol 1985; 48: 702-723.
13. HAYNES S, EAKER E, FEINLEIB M. Spouse behavior and coronary heart disease in men: prospective results from the Framingham Heart Study: II. Modification of risk in Type A husbands according to the social and psychological status of their wives. Am J Epidemiol 1983; 118: 23-41.
14. CARMELLI D, SWAN G, ROSENMAN R. The relationship between wives' social and psychological status and their husbands' coronary heart disease: a case-control study from the Western Collaborative Group Study. Am J Epidemiol 1985; 122: 90-100.
15. SANDERS J, SMITH T, ALEXANDER J. Type A behavior and marital interaction: hostile dominant responses during conflict. J Behav Med 1991; 14: 567-580.
16. BLANEY N, BROWN P, BLANEY P. Type A, marital adjustment, and life stress. J Behav Med 1986; 9: 491-502.
17. SACKETT D, ANDERSON G, MILLER R, FEINLEIB M, KANNEL W. Concordance of coronary risk factors among spouses. Circulation 1975; 52: 589.
18. SPEERS M, KASL S, FREEMAN D, OSTFELD A. Blood pressure concordance between spouses. Am J Epidemiol 1986; 123: 818-829.
19. SUAEZ L, BARRETT-CONNOR E. Is an educated wife hazardous to your health? Am J Epidemiol 1985; 119: 244-249.
20. EWART CK, TAYLOR CB, KRAEMER HC, AGRAS WS. High blood pressure and marital discord: not being nasty matters more than being nice. Health Psychol 1991; 10: 155-163.
21. LINDEN W, LAMENSDORF A. Affect expression style, family history, and blood pressure. Paper presented at European Association of Behavior Therapy, Amsterdam, 1987; August.
22. SPIELBERGER C, JACOBS G, RUSSELL S, CRANE R. The State-Trait Anger Scale. In Advances in Personality Assessment, Vol. 2 (Edited by Butcher J, Spielberger C.) Hillsdale, NJ: LEA, 1983.
23. SPANIER G. Measuring dyadic adjustment: new scales for assessing the quality of marriage and similar dyads. J Marriage Fam 1976; 38: 15-28.
24. BOROW K, NEWBURGER J. Noninvasive estimation of central aortic pressure using the oscillometric method for analysing systemic artery pulsile blood flow: comparative study of systolic, diastolic, and mean brachial artery pressure with simultaneous direct ascending aortic pressure measurements. Am Heart J 1983; 103: 870-886.
25. JENNINGS R, BERG W, HUTCHESON S, OBRIST P, PORGES S, TURPIN G. Publication guidelines for heart rate studies in man. Psychophysiology 1981; 48: 226-231.
26. LINDEN W. What do arithmetic tests measure? Protocol variations and cardiovascular responses. Psychophysiology 1991; 28: 91-102.
27. FRANKISH CJ, LINDEN W. Is repeated stressor presentation a threat to the high/low reactor distinction? Health Psychol 1991; 10: 224-227.
28. KEPPEL R. Design and Analysis: A Researcher's Handbook. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982.
29. JORGENSEN R, HOUSTON B. Reporting of life events, family history of hypertension, and cardiovascular activity at rest and during psychological stress. Biol Psychol 1989; 28: 135-148.
30. KESELMAN H, ROGAN J. Repeated measures of tests and psychophysiological research: controlling the number of false positives. Psychophysiology 1980; 17: 499-503.
31. HAYNES SG, FEINLEIB M, LEVINE S, SCOTCH N, KANNEL W. The relationship of psychosocial factors to coronary heart disease in the Framingham Study. II: Prevalence of coronary heart disease. Am J Epidemiol 1978; 107: 384-402.
32. DIAMOND E. The role of anger and hostility in essential hypertension and coronary heart disease. Psychol Rev 1982; 92: 410-433.
33. SHEKELLE R, GALE M, OSTFELD A, OGLESBY P. Hostility, risk of coronary heart disease, and mortality. Psychosom Med 1983; 45: 109-114.
34. FRIEDMAN HS, HARRIS M, HALL JA. Nonverbal expression of emotion: healthy charisma or coronary-prone behavior? In Emotions in Health and Illness: Applications to Clinical Practice. (Edited by van Dyke C, Temoshok L, Zegans L). San Diego: Grune & Stratton, 1984.
35. FRIEDMAN HS, HARRIS M, HALL JA. Type A behavior, nonverbal expressive style and health. J Pers Soc Psychol 1985; 48: 1299-1315.
36. CORBELLINIP, MAISANO G. Human relations as a coronary risk factor. Eur Heart J 1988; 9(Suppl L): 35-39.
37. KNEIP RC, DELAMATER AM, ISMOND T, MILFORDC, SALVIA L, SCHWARTZ D. Self- and spouse ratings of anger and hostility as predictors of coronary heart disease. Health Psychol 1993; 12: 301-307.
38. CONTRADA R. Type A behavior, personality hardiness, and cardiovascular responses to stress. J Pers Soc Psychol 1989; 57: 895-903.
39. FOERSTER F, SCHNEIDER H, WALSCHBURGER P. The differentiation of individual-specifc, stimulus-specific and motivation-specific response patterns in activation processes: an inquiry investigating their stability and possible importance in Psychophysiology. Biol Psychol 1983; 17: 1-26.
40. SMITH T, ANDERSON N. Models of personality and disease: an interactional approach to Type A behavior and cardiovascular risk. J Pers Soc Psychol 1986; 50: 1166-1173.
41. KAMARCK TW, JENNINGS JR, POGUE-GEILE M, MANUCK SB. A multidimensional measurement model for cardiovascular reactivity: stability and cross-validation in two adult samples. Health Phsychol 1994; 13: 471-478.
42. ANDERSON NB. Reactivity research on sociodemographic groups: its value to psychophysiology and health psychology. Health Psychol 1993; 12: 3-5.
43. LILJEFORS E, RAHE R. An identical twin study of psychosomatic factors in coronary heart disease in Sweden. Psychosom Med 1970; 32: 523-542.
44. ATCHISON M, CONDON J. The association between spouse-reported Type A behaviour pattern and coronary heart disease. Aust NZ J Psychiatry 1994; 28: 298-301.
45. GLASS D, CONTRADA R. Type A behavior and catecholamines: a review. In Norepinephrine (Edited by Ziegler M, Lake C). Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. 1984.
46. DELONGIS A, FOLKMAN S, LAZARUS R. The impact of daily stress on health and mood: psychological and social resources as mediators. J Pers Soc Pyschol 1988; 54: 486-495.
47. GILBERT D. A personality X personality X task biosocial model of interpersonal affect and communication. In Personality, Social Skills and Psychopathology (Edited by Gilbert D, Conley J). New York: Plenum [In press].
48. HAYNES SG, EAKER E, FEINLEIB M. Spouse behavior and coronary heart disease in men: prospective results from the Framingham Heart Study: I. Concordance of risk factors and the relationship of psychosocial status to coronary incidence. Am J Epidemiol 1983; 118: 1-22.
49. ABBOTT J, SUTHERLAND C, WATT D. Dyadic interactions, perceived control and task difficulty in Type A and Type B individuals: a cardiovascular study. Psychophysiology 1987; 24: 1-13.
50. VAN EGEREN L. Social interactions, communications, and the coronary-prone behavior pattern: a psychophysiological study. Psychosom Med 1979; 41: 2-18.
51. ATCHISON M, CONDON J. Hostility and anger measures in coronary heart disease. Aust NZ J Psychiatry 1993; 27: 436-442.
52. WRIGHT L. The Type A behavior pattern and coronary artery disease: quest for the active ingredients and the elusive mechanisms. Am Psychol 1988; 43: 2-14.
53. HERMAN S, BLUMENTHAL J, BLACK G. Self-ratings of Type A (coronary-prone) adults: do they know they're Type A's? Psychosom Med 1981; 43: 405-413.
54. LASH SJ, GILLESPIE BL, EISLER RM, SOUTHARD DR. Sex differences in cardiovascular reactivity: effects of the gender relevance of the stressor. Health Psychol 1991; 10: 392-398.
55. LINDEN W, CHAMBERS L, MAURICE J, LENZ JW. Sex differences in social support, self-deception, hostility, and ambulatory cardiovascular activity. Health Psychol 1993; 12: 376-380.
56. SUAREZ EC, HARLAN E, PEOPLES MC, WILLIAMS RB. Cardiovascular and emotional responses in women: the role of hostility and harassment. Health Psychol 1993; 12: 459-468.
57. FRIEDMAN M, ROSENMAN R. Type A Behavior and Your Heart. London: Wildwood House, 1974.
58. EWART C, BURNETT F, TAYLOR C. Communication behaviors that affect blood pressure: an A-B-A-B analysis of marital interaction. Behav Mod 1983; 7: 331-334.
59. EWART C, TAYLOR C, KRAEMER H, AGRAS S. Reducing blood pressure reactivity during interpersonal communication: effects of marital communication training. Behav Ther 1983; 15: 473-484.
60. BARTHOLOMEW K. The attachment styles of young adults (Personal communication, 1989).
61. WARING E, PATTON D, NERON C, LINKER W. Types of marital intimacy and prevalence of emotional illness. Can J Psychiatry 1986; 31: 720-725.
62. LEVENSON R, GOTTMAN JM. Physiological and affective predictors of change in relationship satisfaction. J Pers Soc Psychol 1985; 49: 85-94.
63. GOTTMAN JM, KROKOFF L. Marital interaction and satisfaction: a longitudinal view. J Consult Clin Psychol 1989; 57: 47-52.
64. GALBAUD DU FORT G, KOVESS V, BOIVIN JF. Spouse similarity for psychological distress and well-being: a population study. Psychol Med 1994; 24: 431-447.
65. BROWN PC, SMITH TW. Social influence, marriage, and the heart: cardiovascular consequences of interpersonal control in husbands and wives. Health Psychol 1993; 11: 88-96.