Influences of occupational stress, personality, and gender on cardiovascular responsivity.
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Title
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Influences of occupational stress, personality, and gender on cardiovascular responsivity.
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Identifier
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AAI9325071
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identifier
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9325071
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Creator
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Brockwell, Albert Lee.
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Contributor
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Adviser: John L. Andreassi
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Date
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1993
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Industrial | Psychology, Personality | Psychology, Physiological
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Abstract
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Relationships among Type A behavior pattern, neuroticism, hostility, occupational stress, gender and cardiovascular responsivity to a cognitive stressor ("IQ Quiz") were examined. One hundred fourteen working college students (57 male and 57 female) at an urban university completed questionnaires to measure personality and stress, then participated in a psychophysiological assessment. Cardiovascular responses (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and peripheral skin temperature) to a cognitive stressor were recorded. Path analysis revealed direct relationships between Type A and greater mean arterial pressure reactivity, Neuroticism and decreased heart rate reactivity, and Hostility and greater Organizational Stress. Multivariate analysis of variance showed that men had greater systolic blood pressure reactivity to the cognitive stressor, as well as higher levels of systolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure throughout the assessment. Hostility was significant in predicting occupational stress in dimensions involving interpersonal contact, Type A subscales were significant in predicting occupational stress in dimensions involving greater job demands, and Neuroticism was significant in stress involving subjective evaluation. Implications for occupational stress intervention and stress management training are discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
