title: A preliminary investigation of prediction of mean arterial pressure after self-regulatory treatments.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders, Albany 12203.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Blanchard
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wittrock
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: McCaffrey
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Khramelashvili
mesh_terms: 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