Higher Resting Blood Pressure May Blunt Negative Affective Responses to Both Negative and Positive Social Feedback

Higher resting systolic blood pressure (SBP) has been linked to blunted negative affect after social rejection; we examined this association following either accepting or rejecting social feedback. In both conditions, higher resting SBP was associated with lower negative affect post-stressor, r(51) = -0.22, p = .116.