Abstract:
:Given the contradictory reports concerning psychophysiological reactivity of hypertensives this issue was reexamined. In contrast to the large majority of studies, the hypertensive sample should not be made up of patients in medical care and the control group should be comparable in all relevant aspects other than blood pressure. Twelve male subjects with blood pressure values in the borderline range and 12 normotensive controls were recruited from a blood donation program. Experiments consisted of two parts with baseline, stress and follow-up. Stressors were a short distressing movie and mental arithmetic. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP), heart rate (HR), skin conductance level (SCL) and number of spontaneous electrodermal fluctuations (SF) were assessed in 2-min intervals, plasma adrenaline and noradrenaline once during baselines, stress 2 and follow-up 2. Hypertensives exhibited significantly higher SPB levels, and partially elevated values for DBP, HR and SCL. Response reactions to stressors, however, did not differ between groups. There was no evidence that psychophysiological adaptation during stress and recovery thereafter was impaired in hypertensives. Our results do not support the reactivity hypothesis of hypertension. Possible reasons for our failure to replicate findings from other studies are discussed.
journal_name
Psychother Psychosomjournal_title
Psychotherapy and psychosomaticsauthors
Köhler T,Scherbaum N,Ritz Tdoi
10.1159/000288936subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-01-01 00:00:00pages
44-53issue
1eissn
0033-3190issn
1423-0348journal_volume
63pub_type
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1159/000097968
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
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doi:10.1159/000287895
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000101500
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000012384
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000091772
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000288000
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000064806
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000287440
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1159/000341920
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000289075
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000287557
更新日期:1982-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000012332
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1159/000332755
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000286938
更新日期:1975-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000287509
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000071897
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000078849
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000056232
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000511348
更新日期:2020-11-09 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1159/000504609
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000289132
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000287887
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000287879
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000288919
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000288892
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000287971
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000287321
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00