Patterns of social desirability and anger in young men with a parental history of hypertension: association with cardiovascular activity.
We identified, via cluster analysis, subgroups of young men with a parental history of hypertension (PH+) who differed in their profiles of need for approval, covert experience of anger, and extent to which they express anger when provoked. The PH+ subgroup with high need for approval and low anger acknowledgment scored higher on denial but lower on measures of angry temperament and overt display of anger than did the PH+ subgroup with low need for approval and high anger acknowledgment or men without a parental history of hypertension (PH-). Moreover, the PH+ subgroup with high need for approval and low anger acknowledgment manifested significantly higher stressor-induced blood pressure (BP) responsivity than did the other two groups. Possible relations between parental history status, need for approval, anger, BP reactivity, and essential hypertension are discussed.
Jorgensen
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Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, NY 13244-2340.
Gelling
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Kliner
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D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D001143:Arousal / Q000235:genetics*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000235:genetics; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality / Q000235:genetics; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012928:Social Desirability