Our preliminary research has attempted to establish a series of methods to study the complex interactions occurring between pressor reactivity and personality profile. Ten untreated mild hypertensives (age 42.9 +/-8) without damaged target organs were recruited from an out- patient hypertension center along with an equal number of normotensive volunteers (age 38.2 +/-8.1). We performed a sequence of stressor types under laboratory con- ditions (sensory perceptual activities, psychomotor responses, and cognitive behavior) following an order ranging from inferior levels to superior levels of systemic integration. The subjects also underwent a24-h automatic noninvasive blood pressure recording which took into account the situational reactivity. They filled in MMPI and STAI questionnaires before and after the stressor batteries. Only the sensory-perceptual test (Stroop color test modified), the arithmetic test, and the psychomotor test provoked a significant increase in blood pressure and, in the latter test, also a significant increase of the heart rate. The test batteries’ mean differences were not significant between the two groups. Similarly, the answers to the tmit- anxiety questionnaires did not allow us to make a substantial division between normotensive and hypertensive subjects. On the contrary, the situational anxiety questionnaires showed a significant difference in the score read- ing preceding and following a task performed by the hypertensive subjects. We observed significant differences for both systolic and diastolic 24-h blood pressure data in transition from a working situation to the sleeping period. However, there was not a significant difference in hypertensiveblood pressure readings recorded during work and at home. The personality structures did not present remarkable differences between the two groups. With reference to the single personality dimensions, we found a number of higher scores expressing difficulty in adapting to social situations, a low capacity for self-assertion, and a great sense of insecurity.
Pressor effects from daily events and laboratory complex stimuli relating personality factors / Germano', Giuseppe Italo Walter; Ferrucci, Andrea; Strano, Stefano; G. MOLLE, M. G. NAPOLEONI; V., Pecchioli; U., Germano; A., Pistone. - In: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0160-9289. - STAMPA. - 10:(1987), pp. 659-664.
Pressor effects from daily events and laboratory complex stimuli relating personality factors.
GERMANO', Giuseppe Italo Walter;FERRUCCI, Andrea;STRANO, Stefano;
1987
Abstract
Our preliminary research has attempted to establish a series of methods to study the complex interactions occurring between pressor reactivity and personality profile. Ten untreated mild hypertensives (age 42.9 +/-8) without damaged target organs were recruited from an out- patient hypertension center along with an equal number of normotensive volunteers (age 38.2 +/-8.1). We performed a sequence of stressor types under laboratory con- ditions (sensory perceptual activities, psychomotor responses, and cognitive behavior) following an order ranging from inferior levels to superior levels of systemic integration. The subjects also underwent a24-h automatic noninvasive blood pressure recording which took into account the situational reactivity. They filled in MMPI and STAI questionnaires before and after the stressor batteries. Only the sensory-perceptual test (Stroop color test modified), the arithmetic test, and the psychomotor test provoked a significant increase in blood pressure and, in the latter test, also a significant increase of the heart rate. The test batteries’ mean differences were not significant between the two groups. Similarly, the answers to the tmit- anxiety questionnaires did not allow us to make a substantial division between normotensive and hypertensive subjects. On the contrary, the situational anxiety questionnaires showed a significant difference in the score read- ing preceding and following a task performed by the hypertensive subjects. We observed significant differences for both systolic and diastolic 24-h blood pressure data in transition from a working situation to the sleeping period. However, there was not a significant difference in hypertensiveblood pressure readings recorded during work and at home. The personality structures did not present remarkable differences between the two groups. With reference to the single personality dimensions, we found a number of higher scores expressing difficulty in adapting to social situations, a low capacity for self-assertion, and a great sense of insecurity.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
