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Subjective Social Status and Cardiovascular Reactivity: An Experimental Examination
The present experiment examined the causal influence of subjective social status (SSS) on variables related to cardiovascular health [i.e., blood pressure, heart rate variability (HRV)]. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions involving a social comparison that either induced a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949262/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27486426 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01091 |
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author | Pieritz, Karoline Süssenbach, Philipp Rief, Winfried Euteneuer, Frank |
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description | The present experiment examined the causal influence of subjective social status (SSS) on variables related to cardiovascular health [i.e., blood pressure, heart rate variability (HRV)]. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions involving a social comparison that either induced a temporary shift toward high SSS or toward low SSS. Cardiovascular variables were measured before (baseline), throughout, and after the manipulation (recovery). Participants in the low SSS condition had a significantly lower HRV during experimental manipulation than at baseline (p = 0.001). They also showed a significantly stronger HRV reactivity compared to participants in the high SSS condition (p = 0.027). Our results suggest that already temporary shifts of one's SSS have measureable effects on cardiovascular variables. They support the notion that social status plays a causal role in the development of cardiovascular disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-49492622016-08-02 Subjective Social Status and Cardiovascular Reactivity: An Experimental Examination Pieritz, Karoline Süssenbach, Philipp Rief, Winfried Euteneuer, Frank Front Psychol Psychology The present experiment examined the causal influence of subjective social status (SSS) on variables related to cardiovascular health [i.e., blood pressure, heart rate variability (HRV)]. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions involving a social comparison that either induced a temporary shift toward high SSS or toward low SSS. Cardiovascular variables were measured before (baseline), throughout, and after the manipulation (recovery). Participants in the low SSS condition had a significantly lower HRV during experimental manipulation than at baseline (p = 0.001). They also showed a significantly stronger HRV reactivity compared to participants in the high SSS condition (p = 0.027). Our results suggest that already temporary shifts of one's SSS have measureable effects on cardiovascular variables. They support the notion that social status plays a causal role in the development of cardiovascular disease. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4949262/ /pubmed/27486426 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01091 Text en Copyright © 2016 Pieritz, Süssenbach, Rief and Euteneuer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Pieritz, Karoline Süssenbach, Philipp Rief, Winfried Euteneuer, Frank Subjective Social Status and Cardiovascular Reactivity: An Experimental Examination |
title | Subjective Social Status and Cardiovascular Reactivity: An Experimental Examination |
title_full | Subjective Social Status and Cardiovascular Reactivity: An Experimental Examination |
title_fullStr | Subjective Social Status and Cardiovascular Reactivity: An Experimental Examination |
title_full_unstemmed | Subjective Social Status and Cardiovascular Reactivity: An Experimental Examination |
title_short | Subjective Social Status and Cardiovascular Reactivity: An Experimental Examination |
title_sort | subjective social status and cardiovascular reactivity: an experimental examination |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949262/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27486426 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01091 |
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