The relationship between blood pressure and personality in a large unselected adult sample.

Abstract:

:As part of a general health survey of a small New Zealand town, the Crow-Crisp Experiential Index, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, a shortened version of the Hostility and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire, and the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale were administered to 1173 subjects over the age of 15. Blood pressure was moderately correlated with age and Quetelet's Index, a measure of obesity. Low but significant correlations were found between Somatic Anxiety, Hysteria, and the Urge to Act-out Hostility scale. However, when effects of age were controlled for, in a series of multiple regression analyses, the correlations with psychometric test scores were no longer significant. This study confirms several previous reports that neuroticism, anxiety, depression, and hostility are of little significant in predicting levels of blood pressure in the general population.

journal_name

J Psychosom Res

authors

Waal-Manning HJ,Knight RG,Spears GF,Paulin JM

doi

10.1016/0022-3999(86)90014-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1986-01-01 00:00:00

pages

361-8

issue

3

eissn

0022-3999

issn

1879-1360

journal_volume

30

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