A preliminary investigation of prediction of mean arterial pressure after self-regulatory treatments.
This study investigated the ability of pretreatment variables from three different domains (social-demographic, psychological, and psychophysiological) to predict posttreatment mean arterial pressure (MAP) for 59 unmedicated males with mild hypertension who were participating in a cross-cultural (USA-USSR) comparison of autogenic training and thermal biofeedback to a self-relaxation control. The overall multiple regression equation consisted of two variables and indicated that higher diastolic blood pressures during a cold pressor task were predictive of greater MAP reductions while higher scores on the Irritability subscale of the Buss-Durkee Hostility Scale were predictive of less MAP reductions. Suggestions for future research in this area are provided.
Blanchard
E B
EB
State University of New York, Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders, Albany 12203.
Gordon
M A
MA
Wittrock
D A
DA
McCaffrey
R J
RJ
McCoy
G C
GC
Khramelashvili
V V
VV
D000328:Adult; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests