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Moazzami K, Kulshreshtha A, Gold M, Rahbar A, Goldstein F, Shah AJ, Bremner JD, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA. Hemodynamic Reactivity to Mental Stress and Cognitive Function in Coronary Artery Disease. Psychosom Med 2024; 86:498-506. [PMID: 38648028 DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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OBJECTIVE People with coronary artery disease (CAD) are at higher risk of cognitive impairment than those without CAD. Psychological stress is a risk factor for both conditions, and assessing the hemodynamic reactivity to mental stress could explain the link between stress and cognitive function. METHODS A total of 779 individuals with stable CAD from two prospective cohort studies were included. All individuals underwent acute mental stress testing, as well as conventional stress testing. Cognitive function was assessed both at baseline and at a 2-year follow-up. The rate-pressure product (RPP) was calculated as the mean systolic blood pressure times the mean heart rate at rest. RPP reactivity was defined as the maximum RPP during standardized mental stress test minus the RPP at rest. RESULTS After multivariable adjustment, every standard deviation decrease in RPP reactivity with mental stress was associated with slower completion of Trail-A and Trail-B in both cohorts (13% and 11% in cohort 1, and 15% and 16% in cohort 2, respectively; p for all <.01). After a 2-year follow-up period, every standard deviation decrease in RPP reactivity with mental stress was associated with a 8% and 9% slower completion of Trail-A and Trail-B, respectively ( p for all <.01). There was no significant association between RPP reactivity with conventional stress testing and any of the cognitive tests. CONCLUSION In the CAD population, a blunted hemodynamic response to mental stress is associated with slower visuomotor processing and worse executive function at baseline and with greater decline in these abilities over time.
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- Kasra Moazzami
- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (Moazzami, Gold, Rahbar, Quyyumi), Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute; Grady Health System (Moazzami); Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health (Kulshreshtha, Shah, Vaccarino), Emory University; Departments of Family and Preventive Medicine (Kulshreshtha) and Neurology (Goldstein), and Goizuetta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (Goldstein), Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta; Atlanta VA Medical Center (Shah, Bremner), Decatur; Departments of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (Bremner) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Bremner), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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Keogh TM, Howard S. Social participation is associated with a habituated blood pressure response to recurrent stress. Int J Psychophysiol 2024; 202:112389. [PMID: 38936701 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Lower cardiovascular reactivity is a proposed marker of motivational dysregulation and is related to a range of adverse behavioural and health outcomes. Social participation is a form of motivated behaviour and represents the frequency in which an individual engages in social activities. Low social participation has recently been linked to lower cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress. With recent work emphasizing the importance of assessing adaptation of the cardiovascular response to recurrent stress, the aim of the current study is to build on previous work by examining the relationship between social participation and cardiovascular stress response adaptation. This study utilised data from the Pittsburgh Cold Study 3 (PCS 3). Two hundred and thirteen participants (M = 30.13; SD = 10.85) completed a social participation measure and had their systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate (HR) monitored across two separate standardized stress testing sessions. The testing sessions consisted of a 20-minute baseline and a 15-minute stress task. Results indicated that higher levels of social participation were associated with greater blood pressure habituation to recurrent stress, extending previous work identifying that social participation was associated with higher cardiovascular responses to stress. The present study identifies that those reporting greater levels of social participation may show enhanced stress tolerance when exposed to recurrent stress.
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- Tracey M Keogh
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland.
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland
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Falk JR, Gollwitzer PM, Oettingen G, Brinkmann K, Gendolla GHE. Depressive symptoms, task choice, and effort: The moderating effect of personal control on cardiac response. Psychophysiology 2024:e14635. [PMID: 38924154 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Dysphoric individuals perceive mental tasks as more demanding and show increased cardiovascular responses during the performance of easy cognitive tasks. Recent research on action shielding indicates that providing individuals with personal control over their tasks can mitigate the effects of manipulated affective states on cardiovascular responses reflecting effort. We investigated whether the shielding effect of personal choice also applies to the effect of dispositional negative mood on effort. N = 125 university students with high (dysphoric) versus low (nondysphoric) depressive symptoms engaged in an easy cognitive task either by personal choice or external assignment. As expected, dysphoric individuals showed significantly stronger cardiac PEP reactivity during task performance when the task was externally assigned. Most importantly, this dysphoria effect disappeared when participants could ostensibly personally choose their task. Our findings show that the previously observed shielding effect of personal action choice against incidental affective stimulation also applies to dispositional negative affect.
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- Johanna R Falk
- Geneva Motivation Lab, FPSE, Section of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Political and Social Sciences, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Political and Social Sciences, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany
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- Geneva Motivation Lab, FPSE, Section of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Geneva Motivation Lab, FPSE, Section of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Moazzami K, Cheung B, Sullivan S, Shah A, Almuwaqqat Z, Alkhoder A, Mehta PK, Pearce BD, Shah AJ, Martini A, Obideen M, Nye J, Bremner JD, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA. Hemodynamic Reactivity to Mental Stress in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6:e2338060. [PMID: 37847500 PMCID: PMC10582791 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.38060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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Importance The clinical significance of hemodynamic reactivity to mental stress in the population with coronary artery disease (CAD) is unclear. Objective To investigate the association between hemodynamic reactivity to mental stress and the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with stable CAD. Design, Setting, and Participants This cohort study included individuals with stable CAD from 2 prospective studies from a university-based hospital network: the Mental Stress Ischemia Prognosis Study (MIPS) and the Myocardial Infarction and Mental Stress Study 2 (MIMS2). Participants were enrolled between June 2011 and March 2016 and followed up for a median of 6.0 (IQR, 5.6-6.0) years in MIPS and 4.6 (IQR, 3.8-5.3) years in MIMS2. Data were analyzed from December 1, 2022, to February 15, 2023. Exposures The rate-pressure product (RPP) was calculated as the mean systolic blood pressure times the mean heart rate at rest. Rate-pressure product reactivity was calculated as the maximum RPP during a standardized mental stress test minus the RPP at rest. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was a composite of cardiovascular death or nonfatal myocardial infarction. The secondary end point additionally included hospitalizations for heart failure. Results From the total of 938 individuals from the pooled cohort (mean [SD] age, 60.2 [10.1] years; 611 [65.1%] men), 631 participated in MIPS and 307 in MIMS2. A total of 373 individuals (39.8%) were Black, 519 (55.3%) were White, and 46 (4.9%) were of unknown race or ethnicity. The RPP increased by a mean (SD) of 77.1% (23.1%) during mental stress (mean [SD] absolute change, 5651 [2878]). For every SD decrease in RPP reactivity with mental stress, the adjusted hazard ratios for the primary and secondary end points were 1.30 (95% CI, 1.04-1.72) and 1.30 (95% CI, 1.06-1.56), respectively, in MIPS and 1.41 (95% CI, 1.06-1.97) and 1.21 (95% CI, 1.02-1.60), respectively, in MIMS2. In the pooled sample, when RPP reactivity to mental stress was added to a model including traditional clinical risk characteristics, model discrimination for adverse events improved (increase in C statistic of 5% for the primary end point; P = .009). Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study of individuals with stable CAD, a blunted cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress was associated with adverse outcomes. Future studies are needed to assess the clinical utility of mental stress reactivity testing in this population.
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- Kasra Moazzami
- Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
- Grady Health System, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Grady Health System, Atlanta, Georgia
- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia
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- Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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Magnúsdóttir BB, Gylfason HF, Jóhannsdóttir KR. Blunted Cardiovascular Reactivity Predicts Worse Performance in Working Memory Tasks. Brain Sci 2023; 13:brainsci13040649. [PMID: 37190615 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13040649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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When we experience psychological challenges in the environment, our heart rate usually rises to make us more able to solve the task, but there is an individual difference in cardiovascular reactivity (CVR). Extreme CVR to environmental demands has been associated with worse health outcomes, with blunted CVR (little or no rise in heart rate) related to maladaptive behavior, including depression. The blunted CVR has been explained by motivational disengagement, which involves giving up on a task when facing obstacles. Disengagement is thought to be a habitual response that people might not be aware of, and, therefore, objective measures such as test performance might serve as a good measure of engagement. In this study, 66 participants solved different cognitive tasks while their CVR was measured. The aim was to test the association between test performance and reactivity, measured with the difference in heart rate at baseline and the mean heart rate while solving the tasks. Our results show a significant association between reactivity scores and performance in all tests, of various difficulty, indicating that blunted cardiovascular reactivity predicts poorer cognitive performance. Furthermore, we find an association between reactivity in one test and the performance in the other tests, suggesting that disengagement from environmental demands can be more general and not depend on the task at hand. The results, therefore, support earlier research suggesting that blunted CVR is associated with worse cognitive performance, and extends the literature by indicating that disengagement could be a more general maladaptive response to the environment.
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O' Riordan A, Young DA, Ginty AT. Disordered eating is associated with blunted blood pressure reactivity and poorer habituation to acute psychological stress. Biol Psychol 2023; 179:108553. [PMID: 37028794 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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Psychological stress has been shown to influence the development and progression of disordered eating. Psychophysiological studies have reported that individuals with disordered eating behavior exhibit atypical cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress. However, prior studies have been limited by small sample sizes and have examined cardiovascular responses to a singular stress exposure. The current study examined the association between disordered eating and cardiovascular reactivity, as well as cardiovascular habituation to acute psychological stress. A mixed-sex sample (N = 450) of undergraduate students were categorized into a disordered eating or non-disordered eating group using a validated disordered eating screening questionnaire and attended a laboratory stress testing session. The testing session included two identical stress-testing protocols, each consisting of a 10-minute baseline and 4-minute stress task. Cardiovascular parameters including heart rate, systolic/diastolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded throughout the testing session. Post task measures of self-reported stress, as well as positive affect and negative affect (NA) reactivity were used to assess psychological reactions to stress. The disordered eating group exhibited greater increases in NA reactivity in response to both stress exposures. Additionally, in comparison to the control group, those in the disordered eating group exhibited blunted MAP reactivity to the initial stress exposure and less MAP habituation across both stress exposures. These findings indicate that disordered eating is characterized by dysregulated hemodynamic stress responsivity, which may constitute a physiological mechanism leading to poor physical health outcomes.
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- Adam O' Riordan
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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Liu X, Lin W, Huang J, Cao Z, Wu M, Chen Z, Zhu W, Tan Z, Yu P, Ma J, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Wang J. Depressive symptoms, anxiety and social stress are associated with diminished cardiovascular reactivity in a psychological treatment-naive population. J Affect Disord 2023; 330:346-354. [PMID: 36871916 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is now an increasing appreciation of how psychological health can contribute to cardiovascular disease, called the mind-heart connection. A blunted cardiovascular reactivity to depression and anxiety may be responsible for the potential mechanism, however, with inconsistent results. Anti-psychological drugs have an effect on the cardiovascular system and, thus, may disturb their relationship. However, in treatment-naive individuals with psychological symptoms, no research has specifically evaluated the relationship between psychological state and cardiovascular reactivity. METHODS We included 883 treatment-naive individuals who came from a longitudinal cohort study of Midlife in the United States. Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress were assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Liebowitz Social Anxiety scale (LSAS) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), respectively. Cardiovascular reactivity was measured using standardized, laboratory-based stressful tasks. RESULTS Treatment-naive individuals with depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 16), anxiety symptoms (STAI ≥ 54), and higher stress levels (PSS ≥ 27) had lower cardiovascular reactivity as assessed by systolic blood pressure (SBP) reactivity, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) reactivity and heart rate (HR) reactivity (P < 0.05). Pearson analyses showed that psychological symptoms were correlated with lower SBP reactivity, DBP reactivity, and heart rate reactivity (P < 0.05). Multivariate linear regression showed that depression and anxiety were negatively related to lower cardiovascular reactivity (SBP, DBP and HR reactivity) after full adjustments (P < 0.05). Stress was associated with reduced SBP and DBP reactivity but with a nonsignificant association with HR reactivity (P = 0.056). CONCLUSION Depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms are associated with blunted cardiovascular reactivity in treatment-naive adult Americans. These findings suggest that blunted cardiovascular reactivity is an underlying mechanism linking psychological health and cardiovascular diseases.
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- Xiao Liu
- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Endocrine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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O' Riordan A, Howard S, Gallagher S. Blunted cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress and prospective health: a systematic review. Health Psychol Rev 2023; 17:121-147. [PMID: 35445639 DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2022.2068639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Novel research demonstrates that lower or 'blunted' cardiovascular reactions to stress are associated with a range of adverse outcomes. The aim of the current review was (1) to examine the prospective outcomes predicted by blunted cardiovascular reactivity and (2) to identify a range of blunted cardiovascular reaction levels that predict these outcomes. Electronic databases were systematically searched (Medline, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science). Studies were included if they examined the prospective influence of blunted cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress (SBP, DBP or HR) on a negative health, behavioural or psychological outcome. A total of 23 studies were included in the review. Blunted reactivity predicted (1) adverse cardiovascular health, primarily in cardiac samples (e.g., myocardial infarction, carotid atherosclerosis) and (2) outcomes associated with motivational and behavioural dysregulation in healthy samples (e.g., obesity, smoking addiction, depression). The cardiovascular reactivity threshold levels that were predictive of adverse health outcomes ranged between -3.00-12.59 bpm (14.41% to 136.59% lower than the sample mean) and -2.4-5.00 mmhg (65.99% to 133.80% lower than sample mean), for HR and DBP respectively. We posit that blunted reactions lower than, or equal to, the ranges reported here may be utilised by clinicians and researchers to identify individuals who are at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular health outcomes, as well as outcomes associated with motivational and behavioural dysregulation.
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- Adam O' Riordan
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Herhaus B, Ghassabei S, Petrowski K. Obesity: Heart Rate Variability during standardized psychosocial stress induction. Biol Psychol 2023; 178:108509. [PMID: 36736572 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Obesity is related to a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). An altered stress reactivity of the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) is a promising predictor of CVD and other negative health outcomes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability parameters, root mean square successive differences (RMSSD) and power in the high frequency range 0.15-0.4 Hz (HF-HRV), of individuals with obesity and healthy weight controls during psychosocial stress induction. Thirty-four obese men and women (BMI: 33.80 ± 4.62 kg/m²), and thirty-four age- and gender-matched healthy weight controls (BMI: 22.29 ± 1.81 kg/m²) underwent the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). Before, during, and after the TSST, their HR, RMSSD, and HF-HRV were measured. The individuals with obesity showed a lower stress reactivity in HR, and less stress recovery in RMSSD, compared to healthy weight controls. Obesity appears related to blunted HR reactivity, which is associated with CVD. In addition, impaired recovery of RMSSD also found in individuals with obesity may reflect health-damaging processes as well.
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- Benedict Herhaus
- Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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- Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Moore MM, Tyra AT, Young DA, Ginty AT. Cardiovascular stress reactivity, habituation, and adiposity. Psychophysiology 2022; 60:e14232. [PMID: 36523148 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The relationship between adiposity and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality is complex. One pathway through which adiposity may influence future health outcomes is by altering how biological systems respond to stress. The current study aimed to examine the association between two metrics of adiposity (body mass index and waist-hip ratio) and two indices of cardiovascular stress responses (reactivity and habituation). A sample of 455 participants (Mean age = 19.47, SD = 1.25 years; BMI = 24.32, SD = 5.04 kg/m2 ; 62% female; 17.9% Hispanic/Latino; 65.2% White, 18.7% Asian, 7.9% Black, 0.2% American Indian/Alaska Native, and 7% other) completed two acute psychosocial stress tasks. Heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were recorded throughout each stressor. In unadjusted and adjusted models, there were no statistically significant associations between adiposity and HR, SBP, or DBP stress reactivity or habituation. The current data do not support the hypothesis that adiposity influences health by altering cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress. Results are at odds with prior population-level studies and the single prior study examining adiposity and habituation. At the same time, results are in line with mounting evidence that adiposity itself does not drive poor cardiovascular outcomes seen in people classified as overweight or obese.
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- Melody M. Moore
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Baylor University Waco Texas USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Baylor University Waco Texas USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Baylor University Waco Texas USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Baylor University Waco Texas USA
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Keogh TM, Howard S, Gallagher S. Behavioural clusters characteristic of cardiovascular reactivity profiles relate to poorer health outcomes. Br J Health Psychol 2022; 28:513-531. [PMID: 36458587 DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Blunted cardiovascular reactivity is associated with a distinct behavioural profile of greater exposure to early life adversity, coupled with higher levels of behavioural disengagement and symptoms of depression. The present study sought to extend on this work by investigating if behavioural clusters with distinct patterns of reactivity were related to health and behavioural outcomes at baseline and at a 4-year follow-up. METHODS Hierarchical cluster analyses were conducted using longitudinal data drawn from the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS 2) Biomarker Project and the MIDUS 3 follow-up 4 years later. During MIDUS, 2 participants (N = 513) underwent a standardized stress testing protocol and had their blood pressure and heart rate monitored throughout. In addition, hierarchical cluster analyses were conducted on responses from measures of early life adversity, behavioural disengagement and depression. Binary logistic regressions were conducted to determine whether cluster membership was related to health and behavioural outcomes which were taken at both time points. RESULTS Three behavioural clusters emerged with statistically different blood pressure reactivity patterns. The cluster characterized by greater exposure to early life adversity, higher levels of behavioural disengagement and depressive symptoms, had relatively lower blood pressure reactivity patterns compared with both the exaggerated reactivity cluster and the cluster similar to the sample mean. In fully adjusted models, this cluster was associated with hypertension (p = .050) and depressed affect (p = .033), while Cluster 1 characteristic of an exaggerated blood pressure reactivity profile was associated with depressed affect (p < .001). Cluster membership did not significantly predict future health status. CONCLUSION This study extends research on behavioural clusters characteristic of reactivity profiles to demonstrate how they relate to health and behavioural outcomes during MIDUS 2.
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- Tracey M. Keogh
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
- Health Research Institute University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
- Health Research Institute University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
- Health Research Institute University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
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McLoughlin E, Arnold R, Freeman P, Turner JE, Roberts GA, Fletcher D, Slavich GM, Moore LJ. Lifetime Stressor Exposure and Psychophysiological Reactivity and Habituation to Repeated Acute Social Stressors. JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 44:427-438. [PMID: 36450294 PMCID: PMC9731321 DOI: 10.1123/jsep.2022-0196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This study addressed whether lifetime stressor exposure was associated with psychophysiological reactivity and habituation to a novel laboratory-based stressor. Eighty-six participants (Mage = 23.31 years, SD = 4.94) reported their exposure to lifetime non-sport and sport-specific stressors before completing two consecutive trials of the Trier Social Stress Test, while cardiovascular (i.e., heart rate) and endocrine (i.e., salivary cortisol) data were recorded. Exposure to a moderate number of lifetime non-sport and sport-specific stressors was associated with adaptive cardiovascular reactivity, whereas very low or very high stressor exposure was related to maladaptive reactivity. Moreover, experiencing a very low number of lifetime non-sport (but not sport-specific) stressors was associated with poorer habituation. In contrast, lifetime stressor severity was unrelated to cardiovascular reactivity. Finally, greater lifetime non-sport and sport-specific stressor counts were associated with blunted cortisol reactivity and poorer habituation. These results suggest that lifetime stressor exposure may influence sport performers' acute stress responses.
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- Ella McLoughlin
- Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath,United Kingdom
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- Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath,United Kingdom
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- School of Sport, Rehabilitation, and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Essex,United Kingdom
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- Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath,United Kingdom
- School of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham,United Kingdom
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- School of Sport, Exercise, and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough,United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA,USA
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- Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath,United Kingdom
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Loeb EL, Gonzalez MZ, Hunt G, Uchino BN, de Grey RGK, Allen JP. Socioeconomic status in early adolescence predicts blunted stress responses in adulthood. Dev Psychobiol 2022; 64:e22294. [PMID: 35748628 PMCID: PMC9328275 DOI: 10.1002/dev.22294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Individuals who grow up in families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to experience disproportionate rates of chronic stress. The “freeze” response, characterized by blunted cardiovascular reactivity and reduced engagement with the environment, is associated with chronic stress and may be utilized when an individual is unable to escape or overcome environmental stressors. Using a diverse community sample of 184 adolescents followed from the age of 13 to 29 years, along with their friends and romantic partners, this study examined links between family SES and stress responses in adulthood. Low family SES at the age of 13 years directly predicted blunted heart rate responding and fewer attempts to answer math problems during a modified version of the Trier Social Stress Task at the age of 29 years. Indirect effects were found from low family SES to blunted respiratory sinus arrhythmia responding and the number of words spoken during a speech task. SES at the age of 29 years mediated many of these relations. Findings held after accounting for a number of potential confounds, including adolescent academic and attachment functioning and body mass index. We interpret these findings as evidence that low familial SES may predict freezing‐type responses in adulthood.
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- Emily L Loeb
- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Howard S, Keogh TM, Hughes BM, Gallagher S. Smokers show an altered hemodynamic profile to active stress: Evidence of a dysregulated stress response in young adults. Psychophysiology 2022; 59:e14081. [PMID: 35499979 PMCID: PMC9541945 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Siobhán Howard
- SASHLab, Centre for Social Issues Research, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
- Health Research Institute University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
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- SASHLab, Centre for Social Issues Research, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
- Health Research Institute University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
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- School of Psychology National University of Ireland, Galway Galway Ireland
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- SASHLab, Centre for Social Issues Research, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
- Health Research Institute University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
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Counts CJ, Ginty AT, Larsen JM, Kampf TD, John-Henderson NA. Childhood Trauma and Cortisol Reactivity: An Investigation of the Role of Task Appraisals. Front Psychol 2022; 13:803339. [PMID: 35478771 PMCID: PMC9035543 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.803339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Childhood adversity is linked to adverse health in adulthood. One posited mechanistic pathway is through physiological responses to acute stress. Childhood adversity has been previously related to both exaggerated and blunted physiological responses to acute stress, however, less is known about the psychological mechanisms which may contribute to patterns of physiological reactivity linked to childhood adversity. Objective In the current work, we investigated the role of challenge and threat stress appraisals in explaining relationships between childhood adversity and cortisol reactivity in response to an acute stressor. Methods Undergraduate students (n = 81; 61% female) completed an online survey that included general demographic information and the Risky Families Questionnaire 24 h before a scheduled lab visit. In the lab, a research assistant collected a baseline salivary cortisol sample. Following the baseline period, participants were read instructions for the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), a validated psychological lab stressor. Next, they completed a challenge vs. threat task appraisal questionnaire and completed the speech and math portion of the TSST. Twenty minutes following the start of the TSST, a second salivary sample was collected to measure changes in salivary cortisol following the TSST. Results Linear regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, childhood socioeconomic status (SES), and baseline cortisol levels, showed childhood adversity associated with changes in cortisol levels [B = –0.29 t(73) = –2.35, p = 0.02, R2=0.07]. Linear regression analyses controlling for age, sex, and childhood SES showed childhood adversity associated with both challenge [B = –0.52 t(74) = –5.04, p < 0.001, R2=0.24] and threat [B = 0.55 t(74) = 5.40, p < 0.001, R2=0.27] appraisals. Significant indirect effects of childhood trauma on cortisol reactivity were observed through challenge appraisals [B = –0.01 (95% confidence interval = –0.02, –0.003)], and threat appraisals [B = –0.01 (95% confidence interval = –0.01, –0.003)]. Conclusion Childhood adversity may contribute to blunted cortisol reactivity, a pattern of response which is linked to obesity, addiction, and other behavior-related diseases. Our findings suggest that this relationship is in part a product of stress appraisals.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
- *Correspondence: Neha A. John-Henderson,
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Bourassa KJ, Sbarra DA. Cardiovascular reactivity, stress, and personal emotional salience: Choose your tasks carefully. Psychophysiology 2022; 59:e14037. [PMID: 35292974 PMCID: PMC9283235 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Both greater cardiovascular reactivity and lesser reactivity ("blunting") to laboratory stressors are linked to poor health outcomes, including among people who have a history of traumatic experiences. In a sample of recently separated and divorced adults (N = 96), this study examined whether differences in cardiovascular reactivity might be explained by differences in the personal emotional salience of the tasks and trauma history. Participants were assessed for trauma history, current distress related to their marital dissolution, and cardiovascular reactivity during two tasks, a serial subtraction math stressor task and a divorce-recall task. Participants with a greater trauma history evidenced less blood pressure reactivity to the serial subtraction task (a low personal emotional salience task) when compared to participants with less trauma history. In contrast, participants with a greater trauma history evidenced higher blood pressure reactivity to the divorce-recall task, but only if they also reported more divorce-related distress (high personal emotional salience). These associations were not significant for heart rate reactivity. Among people with a history of more traumatic experiences, a task with low personal salience was associated with a lower blood pressure response, whereas a task with higher personal emotional salience was associated with a higher blood pressure response. Future studies examining cardiovascular reactivity would benefit from determining the personal emotional salience of tasks, particularly for groups that have experienced stressful life events or trauma.
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- Kyle J Bourassa
- Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.,Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Brown EG, Creaven A, Gallagher S. Loneliness and cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress in older adults. Psychophysiology 2022; 59:e14012. [PMID: 35132633 PMCID: PMC9285494 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Loneliness has been linked to cardiovascular health outcomes in older adulthood. One proposed mechanism by which loneliness influences cardiovascular health is through atypical cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to stress. This study is an examination of loneliness and CVR in older adults, comparing associations across two stressors and two commonly used measures of loneliness, with a particular focus on underlying hemodynamic variables including cardiac output, total peripheral resistance, and ejection time (EJT). Eighty older adults, ranging in age from 55 to 88 years (M = 68.93, SD = 8.28), completed two versions of the UCLA loneliness scale (a 20‐item and a briefer, three‐item) and took part in a laboratory stress‐testing procedure which included a mental arithmetic challenge and a public speaking task. Cardiovascular activity was monitored continuously throughout. For the 20‐item version of the UCLA loneliness scale, loneliness was not significantly related to CVR, and was only significantly associated with lower levels of overall EJT. For the three‐item version of the UCLA, no associations withstood adjustment for multiple testing. Loneliness was not reliably associated with CVR. Further, although greater loneliness was related to lower levels of overall EJT, this was only observed for the 20‐item scale. The findings do not strongly provide support for reactivity to acute stress as a pathway linking loneliness to disease outcomes, and highlight key methodological issues related to the assessment of loneliness‐reactivity associations for future. This article provides an examination of associations between loneliness and cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to acute stress in a sample of older adults. The findings do not provide support for a reliable association between loneliness and CVR in older adults. This article highlights methodological issues that are important to consider for future in this research area.
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- Eoin G. Brown
- Department of Psychology Dublin City University Dublin Ireland
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- Department of Psychology University of Limerick Faculty of Education and Health Sciences Limerick Ireland
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- Department of Psychology University of Limerick Faculty of Education and Health Sciences Limerick Ireland
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Brindle RC, Pearson A, Ginty AT. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) relate to blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity to acute laboratory stress: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022; 134:104530. [PMID: 35031343 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with poor future mental and physical health. Altered biological reactivity to mental stress may be a possible mechanism linking ACEs to poor health. However, it is not clear if ACEs relate to blunted or exaggerated stress reactivity. This meta-analysis aimed to determine whether exposure to ACEs is associated with cardiovascular and cortisol stress reactivity. A systematic review yielded 37 sources. Random-effects modelling tested the aggregate effects of 83 studies of the association between ACEs and stress reactivity. Exposure to ACEs was associated with relatively blunted cardiovascular and cortisol stress reactivity. Effect sizes did not vary as a function of sample sex or reactivity measure (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure, or cortisol). Meta-regression revealed preliminary evidence of greater blunting in samples of a younger age and samples reporting greater ACE exposure. Subgroup analyses for stress task, ACE measurement instrument, and sample race were not conducted because of a lack of between-study variability. Exposure to ACEs is associated with dysregulation of multiple components of the human stress response system.
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- Ryan C Brindle
- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, United States; Neuroscience Program, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, United States.
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- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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Schiweck C, Gholamrezaei A, Hellyn M, Vaessen T, Vrieze E, Claes S. Exhausted Heart Rate Responses to Repeated Psychological Stress in Women With Major Depressive Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:869608. [PMID: 35509881 PMCID: PMC9058080 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.869608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Past research links depression and blunted cardiac vagal reactivity to chronic stress. Yet, to our knowledge no experiment investigates heart rate (variability) responses to a repeated laboratory stressor in patients with depression. Repeated exposure may provide valuable information on stress reactivity in depression. Fifty-nine women (30 inpatients diagnosed with depression and 29 matched controls) underwent two consecutive runs of a mental arithmetic stress paradigm consisting of one baseline and two exposures to control, stress, and recovery phases of 5 min each, in a case-control design. Subjective stress and electrocardiography were recorded. Variance of heart rate (HR) and root mean square of successive RR interval differences (RMSSD) were analyzed using linear mixed models. Overall, physiological parameters (HR and RMSSD) and subjective stress showed a strong group effect (all p < 0.001). In both groups, subjective stress and HR increased in response to stress, but the subjective stress levels of patients with depression did not return to baseline levels after the first stressor and for the remainder of the experiment (all p < 0.004 compared to baseline). Patients' HR reactivity responded oppositely: while HR recovered after the first stress exposure, no reactivity was observed in response to the second exposure. These findings may suggest that the often-reported blunted HR/HRV response to stressors results from exhaustion rather than an incapacity to react to stress. The altered HR reactivity could indicate allostatic (over-) load in depression.
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- Carmen Schiweck
- Department for Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.,Psychiatry Research Group, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, Pain Management Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department for Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Psychiatry Research Group, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Psychiatry Research Group, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,University Psychiatric Centre, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Psychiatry Research Group, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,University Psychiatric Centre, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Nelson BW, Sheeber L, Pfeifer JH, Allen NB. Affective and Autonomic Reactivity During Parent-Child Interactions in Depressed and Non-Depressed Mothers and Their Adolescent Offspring. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2021; 49:1513-1526. [PMID: 34142271 PMCID: PMC8483768 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00840-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Depression presents risks that are profound and intergenerational, yet research on the association of depression with the physiological processes that might be associated with impaired mental and physical health has only recently been contextualized within the family environment. Participants in this multi-method case-control study were 180 mother-adolescent dyads (50% mothers with a history of depression treatment and current depressive symptoms). In order to examine the association between maternal depression and affective and autonomic reactivity amongst these mothers and their adolescent offspring we collected self-reported measures of positive and negative affect, as well as measures of cardiovascular and electrodermal autonomic activity, during mother-adolescent interaction tasks. Findings indicated that depressed mothers and their adolescent offspring exhibited greater self-reported negative affect reactivity during a problem-solving interaction and blunted (i.e., low) sympathetic activity as measured via skin conductance level across both interaction tasks. These effects remained significant after controlling for a range of potential covariates, including medication use, sex, age, adolescents own mental health symptoms, and behavior of the other interactant, along with correcting for multiple comparisons. Findings indicate that depressed mothers and their adolescent offspring both exhibit patterns of affect and physiology during interactions that are different from those of non-depressed mothers and their offspring, including increased negative affect reactivity during negative interactions and blunted sympathetic activity across both positive and negative interactions. These findings have potential implications for understanding the role of family processes in the intergenerational transmission of risk for depressive disorders.
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- Benjamin W Nelson
- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
- Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, USA.
- School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Behnke M, Hase A, Kaczmarek LD, Freeman P. Blunted cardiovascular reactivity may serve as an index of psychological task disengagement in the motivated performance situations. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18083. [PMID: 34508160 PMCID: PMC8433313 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97670-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Challenge and threat models predict that once individuals become engaged with performance, their evaluations and cardiovascular response determine further outcomes. Although the role of challenge and threat in predicting performance has been extensively tested, few studies have focused on task engagement. We aimed to investigate task engagement in performance at the psychological and physiological levels. We accounted for physiological task engagement by examining blunted cardiovascular reactivity, the third possible cardiovascular response to performance, in addition to the challenge/threat responses. We expected that low psychological task engagement would be related to blunted cardiovascular reactivity during the performance. Gamers (N = 241) completed five matches of the soccer video game FIFA 19. We recorded psychological task engagement, heart rate reactivity, and the difference between goals scored and conceded. Lower psychological task engagement was related to blunted heart rate reactivity during the performance. Furthermore, poorer performance in the previous game was related to increased task engagement in the subsequent match. The findings extend existing literature by providing initial evidence that blunted cardiovascular reactivity may serve as the index of low task engagement.
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- Maciej Behnke
- Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, 60-568, Poznan, Poland.
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- Department of Medicine, Université de Fribourg, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, 60-568, Poznan, Poland
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- School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK
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Bourassa KJ, Moffitt TE, Harrington H, Houts R, Poulton R, Ramrakha S, Caspi A. Lower Cardiovascular Reactivity is Associated with More Childhood Adversity and Poorer Midlife Health: Replicated Findings from the Dunedin and MIDUS Cohorts. Clin Psychol Sci 2021; 9:961-978. [PMID: 34707918 DOI: 10.1177/2167702621993900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cardiovascular reactivity has been proposed as a biomarker linking childhood adversity and poorer health. The current study examined the association of childhood adversity, cardiovascular reactivity, and health in the Dunedin (n=922) and MIDUS studies (n=1,015). In both studies, participants who experienced more childhood adversity had lower cardiovascular reactivity. In addition, people with lower cardiovascular reactivity had poorer self-reported health and greater inflammation. Dunedin participants with lower cardiovascular reactivity were aging biologically faster, and MIDUS participants with lower heart rate reactivity had increased risk of early mortality. Cardiovascular reactivity was not associated with hypertension in either study. Results were partially accounted for by greater reactivity among more conscientious, less depressed, and higher-functioning participants. These results suggest that people who experienced childhood adversity have a blunted physiological response, which is associated with poorer health. The findings highlight the importance of accounting for individual differences when assessing cardiovascular reactivity using cognitive stressor tasks.
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- Duke University Medical Center, USA.,Duke University, USA.,King's College London, UK
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- Duke University Medical Center, USA.,Duke University, USA.,King's College London, UK
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Shier AJ, Keogh T, Costello AM, Riordan AO, Gallagher S. Eveningness, depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress: A mediation model. Physiol Behav 2021; 240:113550. [PMID: 34371021 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The psychological pathways linking depression to blunted cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) are still being elucidated. The purpose of the present study was to test whether the association between eveningness, a diurnal/sleep-wake preference and CVR would be mediated by depressive symptoms. One hundred and eighty-two healthy young adults completed measures of morningness/eveningness (the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire; MEQ-SA), depressive symptoms (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HADS) and had their blood pressure and heart rate monitored throughout a standardised stress testing protocol. Results indicated that depressive symptoms were negatively associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) but not diastolic blood pressure (DBP) or heart rate (HR) reactions to the stress task. Eveningness was also negatively associated with both SBP and DBP, but not HR. As such, those who reported increased depressive symptomology, and higher scores on eveningness displayed a more blunted cardiovascular response. Furthermore, the latter relationship was mediated by depressive symptoms such that those reporting higher scores on eveningness also reported increased depressive symptomology and this resulted in blunted CVR for SBP. These findings withstood adjustment for several confounding factors including time of testing. In conclusion, the present findings highlight the importance of considering eveningness when looking at the depression-blunted CVR relationship.
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- Adam J Shier
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland
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Manser P, Thalmann M, Adcock M, Knols RH, de Bruin ED. Can Reactivity of Heart Rate Variability Be a Potential Biomarker and Monitoring Tool to Promote Healthy Aging? A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses. Front Physiol 2021; 12:686129. [PMID: 34393813 PMCID: PMC8359814 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.686129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background: Monitoring phasic responses of heart rate variability (HRV) in terms of HRV reactivity [i. e., the absolute change from resting state to on-task (i.e., absolute values of HRV measured during exercise)] might provide useful insights into the individual psychophysiological responses of healthy middle-aged to older adults (HOA) to cognitive and physical exercises. Objectives: To summarize the evidence of phasic HRV responses to cognitive and physical exercises, and to evaluate key moderating factors influencing these responses. Methods: A systematic review with meta-analyses was performed. Publications up to May 2020 of the databases Medline (EBSCO), Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Psycinfo, Web of Science, Scopus, and Pedro were considered. Controlled clinical trials and observational studies measuring phasic HRV responses to cognitive and/or physical exercises in HOA (≥50 years) were included. Results: The initial search identified 6,828 articles, of which 43 were included into the systematic review. Compared to resting state, vagally-mediated HRV indices were significantly reduced during all types of exercises [Hedge's g = -0.608, 95 % CI (-0.999 to -0.218), p = 0.002] indicating a significant parasympathetic withdrawal compared to rest. The key moderating variables of these responses identified included exercise intensity for physical exercises, and participant characteristics (i.e., level of cognitive functioning, physical fitness), task demands (i.e., task complexity and modality) and the individual responses to these cognitive challenges for cognitive exercises. In particular, higher task demands (task complexity and physical exercise intensity) were related to larger HRV reactivities. Better physical fitness and cognition were associated with lower HRV reactivities. Additionally, HRV reactivity appeared to be sensitive to training-induced cognitive and neural changes. Conclusion: HRV reactivity seems to be a promising biomarker for monitoring internal training load and evaluating neurobiological effects of training interventions. Further research is warranted to evaluate the potential of HRV reactivity as a monitoring parameter to guide cognitive-motor training interventions and/or as a biomarker for cognitive impairment. This may facilitate the early detection of cognitive impairment as well as allow individualized training adaptations that, in turn, support the healthy aging process by optimizing individual exercise dose and progression of cognitive-motor training.
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- Patrick Manser
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Movement Control and Learning-Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Movement Control and Learning-Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Movement Control and Learning-Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Research and Education, Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy Research Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Movement Control and Learning-Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Aghjayan SL, Stillman CM, El Nokali NE, Watt JC, Richards EA, Bertocci MA, Erickson KI, Rofey DL. Differences in adolescent cerebral perfusion as a function of obesity: Results from the FLEX-Brain study. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2021; 29:1171-1177. [PMID: 34159758 DOI: 10.1002/oby.23186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Children and adolescents have greater resting cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during periods of rapid brain growth. Overweight and obesity have a global impact on brain cerebrovascular health in adults, but whether these effects are discernable in adolescents with overweight and obesity remains unknown. This study examined differences in rCBF between adolescents with a healthy weight (HW) and adolescents with overweight or obesity (OW). METHODS The current study focused on analyzing data from 58 participants (mean age = 15.43 [SD 1.37] years). Participants were classified into OW (n = 38) and HW groups (n = 20) according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines for children. Voxelwise t tests between the HW and OW groups were conducted to test for regional group differences in rCBF, controlling for age and sex. Mean rCBF was extracted from a gray matter mask to compare global rCBF between the HW and OW groups. RESULTS The HW group had greater rCBF compared with the OW group in five clusters, with peaks in the cerebellum, precentral gyrus, and supplementary motor area. No clusters survived correction for the OW > HW contrast. Global rCBF did not significantly differ between the groups (p = 0.09). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that overweight and obesity in adolescence are associated with discernable reductions in blood flow to specific brain regions rather than having a global impact on rCBF.
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- Sarah L Aghjayan
- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Morin R, Mauger JF, Amaratunga R, Imbeault P. The effect of acute intermittent hypoxia on postprandial triglyceride levels in humans: a randomized crossover trial. J Transl Med 2021; 19:268. [PMID: 34158069 PMCID: PMC8220832 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-02933-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a sleep disorder frequently observed in individuals living with obesity, consists of repeated involuntary breathing obstructions during sleep, leading to intermittent hypoxia (IH). In humans, acute continuous hypoxia slightly increases plasma triglycerides (TG). However, no study yet compared the postprandial TG response of individuals with or without OSA under intermittent hypoxia. Methods Using a randomized crossover design, seven individuals diagnosed with moderate OSA and eight healthy individuals without OSA were given a meal after which they were exposed for 6 h to normoxia or intermittent hypoxia (e.g., 15 hypoxic events per hour). Blood lipid levels were measured hourly during each session. Results Peak postprandial TG concentrations tended to be 22% higher under IH irrespective of group (IH × time interaction, p = 0.068). This trend toward higher total plasma TG was attributable to increased levels of denser TG-rich lipoproteins such as very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) and chylomicrons (CM) remnants. Irrespective of group, the postprandial TG concentrations in denser TG-rich lipoproteins was 20% higher under IH (IH × time interaction, p = 0.036), although IH had virtually no impact on denser TG-rich lipoprotein concentrations in the OSA group. Conclusion Acute intermittent hypoxia tends to negatively affect postprandial TG levels in healthy individuals, which is attributable to an increase in denser TG-carrying lipoprotein levels such as VLDL and CM remnants. This altered postprandial TG response to acute intermittent hypoxia was not observed in individuals with OSA.
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- Renée Morin
- School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Institut du Savoir Montfort, Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. .,Institut du Savoir Montfort, Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, ON, Canada. .,Behavioural and Metabolic Research Unit, School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 200 Lees, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
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Guest AJ, Clemes SA, King JA, Chen YL, Ruettger K, Sayyah M, Sherry A, Varela-Mato V, Paine NJ. Attenuated cardiovascular reactivity is related to higher anxiety and fatigue symptoms in truck drivers. Psychophysiology 2021; 58:e13872. [PMID: 34086343 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Depression and anxiety have been linked with reduced stress-induced cardiovascular reactivity (CVR), which could be indicative of autonomic dysregulation. Less is known about the association between work-related fatigue and CVR. Truck drivers experience high levels of depression, anxiety, and fatigue, with repeated psychophysiological stressors on the road, yet little is known about the effects of these conditions on their CVR. Three hundred eighty six truck drivers completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion/Recovery Scale (OFER-15). Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure and heart rate (HR) were measured at rest and during a stressor protocol to measure CVR. Multivariate regression analyses were used to determine relationships between variables and adjusted for nine key covariates. Higher symptoms of persistent fatigue were related to a reduced SBP reactivity (β = -.236, p = .009) and reduced DBP reactivity (β = -.257, p = .005), whereas there was a positive trend between acute fatigue and DBP reactivity (β = .169, p = .052). Higher symptoms of anxiety were related to a reduced SBP reactivity (β = -.164, p = .016). This study demonstrated in a population of truck drivers that both anxiety and persistent fatigue were related to an attenuated SBP reactivity in a combined model, whereas there was a positive trend between acute fatigue solely and DBP reactivity. These novel findings may have serious implications for cardiovascular disease risk in truck drivers, and future research should attempt to establish the causal effect of these associations and the underlying physiological mechanisms.
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- Amber J Guest
- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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McMahon G, Creaven AM, Gallagher S. Cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress: Attachment styles and invisible stranger support. Int J Psychophysiol 2021; 164:121-129. [PMID: 33745962 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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While the benefits of social support for physiological health are well established, the underlying pathways by which support can influence cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) are still being elucidated. In the present study, we adapted an attachment framework to further explore the support-CVR link. Specifically, we experimentally tested the effect of attachment and social support on CVR by manipulating the provision of invisible support from a stranger, across individuals with secure, anxious and avoidant attachment styles. Employing a 3 × 2 design, a sample of young adults (N = 138) from across each of the three attachment styles were randomly assigned to either an invisible support (from a stranger), or no support, condition. All participants were subject to an acute standardised stress testing protocol where cardiovascular indices were monitored throughout. Results from a factorial ANOVA showed no significant interaction between support and attachment on any cardiovascular reactivity parameter (SBP, DBP, HR) or any main effect of attachment or support. These findings suggest that, in this case, social support was not effective in buffering the effects of stress across various attachment styles. The benefits of incorporating a developmental perspective to the study of social support and health are discussed.
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- Grace McMahon
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland.
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland
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Yuksel D, de Zambotti M, Sugarbaker D, Schulte T, Colrain IM, Baker FC. Physiological responses to acute psychosocial stress in women with menopausal insomnia. Int J Psychophysiol 2021; 164:87-94. [PMID: 33647384 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Insomnia disorder is a common sleep disorder and frequently emerges in the context of menopause, being associated with menopause-specific factors such as hot flashes and other psychosocial variables. Increased vulnerability to stress may also contribute to the development of insomnia in midlife women. Here, we aimed to investigate whether there are differences in physiological reactivity to acute psychosocial stress in women with menopausal insomnia compared with controls. METHODS We investigated cortisol and heart rate [HR] responses to an acute experimental psychosocial stress (Trier Social Stress Test, TSST) approximately 1 h after waking in the morning in midlife women with (n = 22) and without (n = 16) DSM-IV insomnia disorder (Age: 50.05 ± 3.10 years), developed in the context of menopause. RESULTS Despite similar perceived stress levels, women with insomnia showed blunted HR increases (~29% HR acceleration) to the TSST compared to controls (~44% HR acceleration) (p = 0.026). No group differences in HR were detected at baseline or during post-task recovery. Cortisol stress responses were inconclusive, with most of the women (60%) failing to exhibit significant cortisol increases in response to the TSST. A greater magnitude of the cortisol awakening response (CAR) predicted the likelihood of being a non-responder (p = 0.036), showing the confounding effect of CAR on cortisol stress responses. DISCUSSION Women with menopausal insomnia show blunted cardiac responses to stress, suggesting alterations in the autonomic reactivity to acute stress. Whether these alterations are pre-existing or are a consequence of insomnia, needs to be determined.
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- Dilara Yuksel
- Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University, 1791 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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- Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.
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Miller RL, Lucas-Thompson RG, Sanchez N, Smith AD, Annameier SK, Casamassima M, Verros M, Melby C, Johnson SA, Shomaker LB. Effects of a mindfulness-induction on subjective and physiological stress response in adolescents at-risk for adult obesity. Eat Behav 2021; 40:101467. [PMID: 33310488 PMCID: PMC7906939 DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mindfulness-training may benefit stress response and stress-eating, yet few studies have experimentally tested these effects in adolescents. In this short communication, we report whether a brief mindfulness-induction affected acute stress response and stress-eating in adolescents at-risk for adult obesity. We explored disordered eating as a moderator. METHOD Twenty-nine adolescents (age 14 ± 2 y) at-risk for adult obesity participated in a within-subjects, randomized crossover experiment. Following a 10-minute mindfulness or neutral-induction on different days in random order, the Trier Social Stress Test adapted for adolescents was administered, followed by an ad libitum lunch meal. Physiological stress response (heart rate, blood pressure) and subjective stress response (anxiety, mindlessness) were determined with area under the curve with respect to increase. Stress-eating was measured as test meal energy consumed. Global disordered-eating and binge-eating were assessed with the Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire. RESULTS Relative to a neutral-induction, a mindfulness-induction reduced state anxiety response (p = .04). There were significant interactions of induction-type by global disordered-eating (p = .02) and binge-eating (p = .03), such that the mindfulness-induction most reduced anxiety response in adolescents with relatively lower global disordered-eating and those with no binge-eating. Induction-type also interacted with binge-eating in predicting diastolic blood pressure (p = .03). A mindfulness-induction, versus neutral-induction, most reduced diastolic blood pressure response in adolescents with binge-eating. CONCLUSIONS Brief mindfulness-training may alter some aspects of acute stress response, with variations by disordered-eating. Future research should test alternative mindfulness induction-types (e.g., acceptance/self-compassion) to improve our understanding of how mindfulness-training may benefit adolescents at-risk for adult obesity.
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- Reagan L Miller
- Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of Health & Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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- Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of Health & Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America; Colorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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- Colorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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- Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of Health & Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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- Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of Health & Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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- Colorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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- Colorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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- Colorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America; Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, College of Health & Human Sciences, Colorado State University, United States of America
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- Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, College of Health & Human Sciences, Colorado State University, United States of America
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- Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of Health & Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America; Colorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America.
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Keogh TM, Howard S, O'Riordan A, Gallagher S. Motivational orientation mediates the association between depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress. Psychophysiology 2020; 58:e13732. [PMID: 33252783 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Recent theoretical developments in cardiovascular reactivity research suggest the association between depression and blunted reactions to stress is linked to motivational factors. Thus, the present study aimed to test whether the association between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress was mediated by motivation; be it intrinsic or extrinsic motivation. One hundred and eighty-two healthy young adults completed measures of motivation (Global Motivation Scale; GMS), and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HADS) and had their blood pressure and heart rate monitored throughout a standardised stress testing protocol. Results indicated that depression was negatively associated with both systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate (HR) reactions to the stress task (all ps < .05), such that those who reported higher depressive symptomology displayed a blunted response. Furthermore this relationship was mediated by intrinsic, but not extrinsic motivation; the blunted responses were less pronounced through intrinsic motivation. The present findings add extensively to existing research and confirm that motivation is an underlying mechanism linking depression and cardiovascular reactivity.
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- Tracey M Keogh
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.,Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.,Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.,Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.,Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Frequency and perceptions of life stress are associated with reduced cardiovascular stress-response adaptation. Int J Psychophysiol 2020; 157:51-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cross A, Naughton F, Sheffield D. What is the role of stress cardiovascular reactivity in health behaviour change? A systematic review, meta-analysis and research agenda. Psychol Health 2020; 36:1021-1040. [PMID: 32998581 DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2020.1825714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The stress reactivity hypothesis posits that the extremes of exaggerated and low or blunted cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to stress may lead to adverse health outcomes via psychophysiological pathways. A potential indirect pathway between CVR and disease outcomes is through health-related behaviour and behaviour change. However, this is a less well understood pathway. Design: A registered systematic review was undertaken to determine the association between cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) and health behaviour change, as well as identify mediators and moderators. Eight papers that met the inclusion criteria, focused on smoking cessation and weight loss, were identified. Results: Pooling data from studies exploring the prospective relationship between CVR (as systolic blood pressure) and smoking cessation found that exaggerated CVR was associated with smoking relapse (Hedges' g = 0.39, SE = 0.00, 95% CI 0.38 - 0.40, p < .001; I2 = 0%; N = 257) but did not find evidence that CVR responses were associated with changes in weight. In order to advance our understanding of reactivity as a modifiable determinant of health behaviour change, our review recommends exploring the association between CVR and other health behaviours, to determine the influence of blunted reactivity versus low motivational effort identify mediators and moderators and determine the focus of interventions.
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- Ainslea Cross
- School of Psychology, University of Derby, Derby, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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Cavanagh L, Obasi EM. The Moderating Role of Coping Style on Chronic Stress Exposure and Cardiovascular Reactivity Among African American Emerging Adults. PREVENTION SCIENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH 2020; 22:357-366. [PMID: 32696119 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-020-01141-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chronic stress exposure may contribute to dysregulation of cardiovascular functions and increase CVD risk among African Americans. This study investigated the direct and interactive effects of chronic stress exposure and coping styles on cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress. A sample of African American emerging adults (n = 277) completed a battery of self-report assessments and underwent the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) across two time points. Prior chronic stress exposure was negatively associated with heart rate (HR) reactivity among females at 1-month follow-up. Task-oriented coping was positively associated with HR reactivity, while avoidance-oriented coping showed a negative association. Higher use of emotion-oriented coping moderated the relationship between chronic stress exposure and HR reactivity, resulting in more robust reactivity. Among females, but not males, lower use of avoidance-oriented coping moderated the relationship between prior chronic stress exposure and HR reactivity, also resulting in more robust reactivity. Prior chronic stress exposure and the use of maladaptive coping strategies may confer negative impacts on cardiovascular reactivity, particularly among African American females. Using adaptive coping styles may mitigate these effects and improve cardiovascular reactivity. These findings provide preliminary support for psychosocial determinants of health within a controlled laboratory experiment and highlight important gender differences to consider in prevention efforts for African American cardiovascular health disparities.
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- Lucia Cavanagh
- Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, University of Houston, 491 Farish Hall, 77204, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, University of Houston, 491 Farish Hall, 77204, Houston, TX, USA. .,Health Research Institute, University of Houston, 1100 Health 2, 77204, Houston, TX, USA.
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Bair A, Marksteiner J, Falch R, Ettinger U, Reyes Del Paso GA, Duschek S. Features of autonomic cardiovascular control during cognition in major depressive disorder. Psychophysiology 2020; 58:e13628. [PMID: 32621782 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Previous research has suggested reduced parasympathetic cardiac regulation during cognitive activity in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, little is known about possible abnormalities in sympathetic control and cardiovascular reactivity. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive analysis of autonomic cardiovascular control in the context of executive functions in MDD. Thirty six MDD patients and 39 healthy controls participated. Parameters of sympathetic (pre-ejection period, PEP) and parasympathetic control (high and low frequency heart rate variability, HF HRV, LF HRV; and baroreflex sensitivity, BRS) as well as RR interval were obtained at rest and during performance of executive function tasks (number-letter task, n-back task, continuous performance test, and Stroop task). Patients, as compared to controls, exhibited lower HF HRV and LF HRV during task execution and smaller shortenings in PEP and RR interval between baseline and tasks. They displayed longer reaction times during all conditions of the tasks and more omission errors and false alarms on the continuous performance test. In the total sample, on-task HF HRV, LF HRV and BRS, and reactivity in HF HRV, LF HRV, and PEP, were positively associated with task performance. As performance reduction arose independent of executive function load of the tasks, the behavioral results reflect impairments in attention and processing speed rather than executive dysfunctions in MDD. Abnormalities in cardiovascular control during cognition in MDD appear to involve both divisions of the autonomic nervous system. Low tonic parasympathetic control and blunted sympathetic reactivity imply reduced physiological adjustment resources and, by extension, provide suboptimal conditions for cognitive performance.
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- Angela Bair
- Institute of Psychology, UMIT - University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry, County Hospital of Hall in Tirol, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry, County Hospital of Hall in Tirol, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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- Institute of Psychology, UMIT - University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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Creaven AM, Higgins NM, Ginty AT, Gallagher S. Social support, social participation, and cardiovascular reactivity to stress in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Biol Psychol 2020; 155:107921. [PMID: 32598908 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This study tested two hypotheses of associations between dimensions of social connectedness and cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress: (1) high social support predicts diminished cardiovascular responses to stress (i.e., the stress-buffering model of social support), and (2) diminished cardiovascular responses predict lower social participation, a form of motivated behaviour. Participants (N = 606) in the main Midlife in the United States study completed measures of social support and social participation and underwent psychophysiological stress testing. In unadjusted analyses, social support was positively, rather than inversely, associated with reactivity. Results withstood adjustment for several control variables, but not for depressive symptoms, which was associated with diminished reactivity. Further, diminished reactivity was associated with lower social participation, but not in fully adjusted models. No robust evidence was observed for either the stress-buffering model, or for an association between diminished reactivity and lower social participation. The implications for our understanding of links between social connectedness and cardiovascular reactivity are discussed.
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- Ann-Marie Creaven
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, & Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland.
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- Department of Psychology, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, South Circular Road, Limerick, Ireland.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, TX, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, & Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland.
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Bahari A, Hasani J, Mashhadi Akbar Boojar M. Childhood trauma and type D personality: The endocrine and cardiovascular effects on stress reactivity. J Health Psychol 2020; 26:2861-2875. [PMID: 32588643 DOI: 10.1177/1359105320934181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Both exaggerated and blunted cardiovascular stress reactions are associated with health problems. Moreover, early life experiences and personality traits affect stress responses. Regarding the childhood traumas and type D personality, this study aimed to compare the endocrine and cardiovascular reactions against acute laboratory stress. Results showed that the simultaneous existence of childhood traumatic experiences and type D personality leads to exaggerated stress reactivity, while each factor results in a blunted cardiovascular response. Although the cardiovascular responses are dampened in type D personality people, their endocrine reactions are exaggerated. The underlying mechanisms of blunted cardiovascular reactivity differ between childhood trauma and type D personality groups.
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Bair A, Reyes Del Paso GA, Duschek S. Parasympathetic cardiac control and attentional focus in trait worry. Int J Psychophysiol 2020; 162:181-189. [PMID: 32437724 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Trait worry refers to a tendency toward increased vigilance to threat and reduced tolerance of uncertainty. While it has been established as a risk factor of general morbidity, knowledge about autonomic regulation in trait worry remains scarce. This study investigated parasympathetic cardiac control in trait worry, in the context of attentional focus. Healthy groups with high and low worry were selected using the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (n = 40 per group). Heart rate variability (HRV) was recorded in the high frequency (HF) and low frequency (LF) bands while participants performed a breathing focus task. The task included a phase of instructed worry and two phases during which participants´ ability to concentrate on their breathing was assessed. As compared to the low worry group, the high worry group exhibited lower HRV in the LF band during both breathing focus phases and smaller reduction of LF HRV during instructed worry. HF HRV did not differ between groups. High worry was associated with impaired ability to concentrate on breathing and more intrusive thoughts. In the total sample, negative intrusions correlated negatively with LF HRV during the first breathing focus phase and LF HRV reactivity. Instructed worry led to greater perceived stress and deterioration of mood in high worry participants. Reduced LF HRV reflects blunted parasympathetic cardiac control in trait worry, associated with elevated risk of poor health outcomes. In addition, it might represent a psychophysiological correlate of reduced cognitive inhibition, which interferes with attentional focus and impedes control of threat processing and perseverative thinking.
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- Angela Bair
- UMIT - University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Institute of Psychology, Hall in Tirol, Austria.
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- UMIT - University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Institute of Psychology, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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Loeb EL, Davis AA, Narr RK, Uchino BN, Kent de Grey RG, Allen JP. The developmental precursors of blunted cardiovascular responses to stress. Dev Psychobiol 2020; 63:247-261. [PMID: 32419144 DOI: 10.1002/dev.21977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Blunted cardiovascular responses to stress have been associated with both mental and physical health concerns. This multi-method, longitudinal study examined the role of chronic social-developmental stress from adolescence onward as a precursor to these blunted stress responses. Using a diverse community sample of 184 adolescents followed from age 13 to 29 along with friends and romantic partners, this study found that high levels of parental psychological control at age 13 directly predicted a blunted heart rate response and indirectly predicted blunted respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) reactivity under stress. Heart rate effects were mediated via indicators of a developing passive response style, including observational measures of withdrawal during conflict with friends and romantic partners, social disengagement, and coping with stressors by using denial. RSA effects were mediated via withdrawal during conflict with romantic partners and coping by using denial. The current findings are interpreted as suggesting a mechanism by which a key social/developmental stressor in adolescence may alter relational and ultimately physiological patterns of stress responding into adulthood.
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- Emily L Loeb
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Stillman CM, Jakicic J, Rogers R, Alfini AJ, Smith JC, Watt J, Kang C, Erickson KI. Changes in cerebral perfusion following a 12-month exercise and diet intervention. Psychophysiology 2020; 58:e13589. [PMID: 32343445 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Overweight and obesity may damage the cerebrovascular architecture, resulting in a significant reduction in cerebral blood flow. To date, there have been few randomized clinical trials (RCT) examining whether obesity-related reductions in cerebral blood flow could be modified by weight loss. Further, it is unknown whether the behavioral intervention strategy for weight loss (i.e., diet alone or diet combined with exercise) differentially influences cerebral blood flow in adults with overweight or obesity. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether a 12-month RCT of exercise and diet increases cerebral blood flow in 125 midlife (Mean age ± SD = 44.63 ± 8.36 years) adults with overweight and obesity. Further, we evaluated whether weight loss via diet combined with aerobic exercise has an added effect on changes in cerebral blood flow compared to weight loss via diet alone and whether there were regionally specific effects of the type of behavioral intervention on cerebral blood flow patterns. Consistent with our predictions, a 12-month diet and exercise program resulting in 10% weight loss increased cerebral blood flow. These effects were widespread and extended throughout frontal, parietal, and subcortical regions. Further, there was some regional specificity of effects for both diet-only and diet combined with exercise. Our results demonstrate that weight-related reductions in cerebral blood flow can be modified by 10% weight loss over the course of 12 months and that interventions involving exercise exposure may provide unique effects on cerebral blood flow compared to interventions involving only diet.
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- Department of Health and Physical Activity, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Health and Physical Activity, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Hase A, aan het Rot M, de Miranda Azevedo R, Freeman P. Threat-related motivational disengagement: Integrating blunted cardiovascular reactivity to stress into the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat. ANXIETY STRESS AND COPING 2020; 33:355-369. [DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2020.1755819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Adrian Hase
- Faculty Branch in Poznan, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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Hirokawa K, Ohira T, Kajiura M, Imano H, Kitamura A, Kiyama M, Okada T, Iso H. Cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress associated with sickness absence among Japanese men and women: A prospective study. Brain Behav 2020; 10:e01541. [PMID: 32077640 PMCID: PMC7177567 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Revised: 12/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate associations between cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress and sickness absence among Japanese male and female workers, in a prospective study. METHODS Among healthy employed Japanese workers who underwent mental health checks between 2006 and 2009, data of 111 participants were analyzed. Changes in blood pressure, pulse rate, peripheral blood flow (PBF), and heart rate variability (HRV) (high frequency [HF] and low frequency [LF]) were calculated using differences between the two tasks, mirror drawing stress [MDS] and a maze task, and the postperiod value. Sickness absence through March 2010 was followed up by mail survey (average follow-up 2.3 years). Logistic regression analysis was used, adjusting for lifestyle factors. RESULTS Among 12 participants who took sickness absences, eight were owing to mental problems. Changes in the LF during the MDS and maze tasks and LF-to-HF ratio during the MDS task were positively associated with all sickness absences (odds ratio [OR], 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.09, 1.03-4.22; 2.04, 1.09-3.82; and 3.10, 1.46-6.58, respectively). Changes in PBF during the MDS task were also associated with increased risk of sickness absence (OR, 95% CI: 2.53, 1.10-5.81). CONCLUSION Cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress should be considered at workers' health checks.
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- Kumi Hirokawa
- Department of Nursing, Baika Women's University (Hirokawa), Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.,Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Epidemiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan.,Osaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Osaka, Japan
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- Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Osaka, Japan.,Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Osaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Osaka, Japan
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- Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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McMahon G, Creaven A, Gallagher S. Perceived social support mediates the association between attachment and cardiovascular reactivity in young adults. Psychophysiology 2019; 57:e13496. [DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Grace McMahon
- Department of Psychology Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
- Health Research Institute University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
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- Department of Psychology Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
- Health Research Institute University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
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- Department of Psychology Centre for Social Issues Research, Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
- Health Research Institute University of Limerick Limerick Ireland
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Lee EM, Hughes BM. Trait dominance and cardiovascular functioning during social stress. Stress Health 2019; 35:516-524. [PMID: 31276288 DOI: 10.1002/smi.2884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to stress has been found to be an important indicator of future ill health, and individual differences in personality have been posited to explain disparities in outcomes. Dominance is associated with forceful persons who desire hierarchy in social interactions. This study investigated dominance and CVR during social or asocial stressors. Sixty-one women, categorized as low, moderate, or high in dominance using the Jackson Personality Research Form, completed a social or asocial stressor while undergoing cardiovascular measurement during baseline, stressor, and recovery phases. A 3 × 2 × 3 analysis of covariance revealed a significant Phase × Stressor × Dominance interaction for systolic blood pressure (SBP). Women with lower and moderate dominance-but not women with higher dominance-exhibited greater SBP responses to stress in the social condition compared with the asocial condition. No significant difference was found for women with higher dominance, indicative of blunted SBP during the social stressor. During recovery, women with lower dominance had marginally elevated SBP in the social condition compared with the asocial condition. The current study extends prior knowledge of the association between dominance and CVR, such that greater dominance was associated with blunted SBP and lower dominance was associated with attenuated recovery to social stress.
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- Eimear M Lee
- School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
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- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Cardiovascular reactivity and psychological hyperarousal in hot flash-associated insomnia disorder. Menopause 2019; 26:728-740. [DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000001298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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González JL, Alonso-Fernández M, Matías-Pompa B, Carretero I, Nieto-Bona MP, López-López A. Cardiovascular Responses of Women with Fibromyalgia to a Laboratory Stressor: Does Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Comorbidity Matter? PAIN MEDICINE 2019; 20:988-999. [PMID: 30476240 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pny210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study compared cardiovascular responses to a laboratory trauma-unrelated stressor of two groups of women diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FM), one of them with comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with a group of healthy controls in order to detect the possible existence of differences linked to comorbidity. DESIGN Case-controls. METHODS Eighteen women diagnosed with FM and comorbid PTSD, 18 women diagnosed with FM and no PTSD, and 38 healthy women were exposed to an arithmetic task with harassment while blood pressure and heart rate were measured during task exposure and recovery. RESULTS Although heart rate response evidenced a general blunted reactivity for both groups of FM patients, only those with comorbid PTSD presented lower levels of reactivity in terms of their systolic blood pressure response. In addition, systolic blood pressure response was sensitive to the presence of depression in both groups of FM patients and controls. Finally, although both groups of FM patients showed significantly slower rates of recovery, their final recovery state was not worse after twelve minutes of recording. CONCLUSIONS Results of this study point to comorbid PTSD as a significant contributor to the blunted cardiovascular reactivity observed in FM patients, which may be dependent to a great extent on depressive symptomatology. As some degree of cardiovascular response to stress is functional in that it mobilizes energy and triggers the necessary compensatory mechanisms to manage stressors, this study supports the well-recognized clinical strategies of detection and treatment of PTSD and concomitant depression in the management of FM.
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- José Luis González
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Psychology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Psychology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Psychology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, San Pablo CEU University, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Basic Health Sciences, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Psychology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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John-Henderson NA, Counts CJ, Sanders CS, Ginty AT. Diminished cardiovascular stress reactivity is associated with lower levels of social participation. J Psychosom Res 2019; 118:12-16. [PMID: 30782348 PMCID: PMC6383777 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Diminished cardiac reactions to acute psychological stress are associated with adverse behavioral and health-relevant outcomes. It has been proposed that diminished cardiac reactivity may be a marker for deficits in motivational functioning both at the biological and behavioral levels. Social participation reflects the frequency with which individuals participate in social events and has motivational components. As such, it is a distinct construct from other constructs such as social integration, which measures the number of social roles an individual has. Additionally, lower levels of social participation and diminished reactivity have been associated with similar adverse health outcomes. Therefore, it is possible that diminished cardiac reactivity is associated with lower levels of social participation. We aimed to examine whether diminished cardiovascular reactivity in response to an acute lab stressor was associated with reported social participation. The analyses were conducted using publicly available data from the Pittsburgh Cold Study 3 (PCS3). The PCS3 was a prospective viral-challenge study, which included participants completing an in-lab social evaluative stressor (N = 202, Age = M = 29.71, SD = 10.66) and measuring cardiovascular responses at baseline and in response to the stressor. Separate regression analyses for each cardiovascular variable (SBP, DBP, MAP, and HR) demonstrated that lower cardiovascular reactivity was associated with less social participation. These associations were still evident following adjustment for respective baseline cardiovascular levels, age, sex, race, depressive symptomology, body mass index, socioeconomic status, smoking status, and levels of social integration (R2 changes: ≥ 0.017; ps ≤ 0.02) The findings provide initial evidence that blunted cardiac reactivity may be a precursor to low levels of social participation.
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- Department of Psychology, Montana State University, United States
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- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Baylor University, United States
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Fusion of heart rate variability and salivary cortisol for stress response identification based on adverse childhood experience. Med Biol Eng Comput 2019; 57:1229-1245. [DOI: 10.1007/s11517-019-01958-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Distinct effects of early-life experience and trait aggression on cardiovascular reactivity and recovery. Physiol Behav 2019; 199:375-385. [PMID: 30529343 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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We previously demonstrated independent effects of early-life experience (ELE) and trait aggression (TA) on resting heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in rats. The present study examined the effects of TA and ELE on stress-evoked cardiovascular reactivity and recovery. Pups born to Wistar-Kyoto dams were exposed to daily 180-min periods of maternal separation (MS) during the first two weeks of life, and aggression was assessed in adult offspring using the resident-intruder test. Radiotelemetry was then used to record stress-evoked HR and MAP responses in response to: strobe light, novel environment, intruder rat, or restraint. Maximal HR and MAP responses were quantified as indices of reactivity, and exponential decay curves were fitted to determine decay constants as a measure of recovery. Strobe light was the weakest stressor, evoking the lowest increases in MAP and HR, which were significantly greater in MS-exposed rats irrespective of TA. In contrast, reactivity to and recovery from exposure to a novel environment or an intruder were significantly influenced by TA, but not ELE. TA animals exhibited greater reactivity in both of these paradigms, with either decreased (novel environment) or increased (intruder) recovery. Restraint stress induced the largest changes in HR and MAP with the slowest recovery, and these responses were shaped by a significant ELE x TA interaction. These data indicate that cardiovascular reactivity and recovery are influenced by ELE, TA, or ELE x TA interaction depending on stressor aversiveness as well as its physical and psychological dimensions.
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Cho SJ, Lee HJ, Rhee SJ, Kim EY, Kim KN, Yoon DH, Ahn YM. The relationship between visceral adiposity and depressive symptoms in the general Korean population. J Affect Disord 2019; 244:54-59. [PMID: 30316052 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND In Korea, depressive symptoms or depression are prevalent. Metabolic syndrome is the representative medical condition associated with depression. This study examined the association between clinically significant depressive symptoms and intra-abdominal fat, measured using abdominal computed tomography, in a large sample of the Korean population who underwent routine health examination. METHODS People who underwent routine health examinations at the Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System, Gangnam Center, from October 2004 to July 2012 were included in the study. There were 11,434 cases of individuals with CT scan data and entries in the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Of these, 1156 men and women underwent CT scans more than once. In these cases, we analyzed the first scan. RESULTS We analyzed 4945 male and 2293 female participants; 333 participants (171 male, 162 female) were in the clinically depressed group. After controlling for confounding factors, we found that clinically depressive symptoms were associated with visceral adiposity in women. Per 1 cm2 of visceral adipose tissue area, the risk of being clinically depressed increased 1.006-fold. Similarly, per 1% increase in the ratio of visceral and total adipose tissue area in women, the risk increased 1.028-fold. CONCLUSIONS Our large-sample study showed depressive symptoms are associated with intra-abdominal fat and the ratio of visceral and total adipose area in women, after controlling for confounding factors including BMI, hypertension, and diabetes.
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- Sung Joon Cho
- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cancer Survivorship Branch, National Cancer Control Institute, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Mental Health Center, Seoul National University Health Care Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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