APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Affective Response Accuracy and Emotion Regulation Influence Short-Term Blood Pressure Variability
- Xiao Yang
Old Dominion University - Fang Fang
Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University - Catalina Roldan
Old Dominion University - Samantha Rapacon
Old Dominion University
Abstract
We investigated associations of blood pressure variability (BPV) with emotional reactivity and regulation. Fifty-four participants (37 Females, Mage=21.5) completed an emotional perception task and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). High affective accuracy and usage of suppression jointly predicted high BPV, suggesting a mechanism of adverse health outcomes of maladaptive ER.
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