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Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress: The mediating effects of social support and negative social relationships.
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The predictive utility of Type D personality on cardiovascular reactivity above and beyond the individual effects of NA and SI is limited, and may vary depending on the cardiovascular parameter of focus.Abstract:
Type D personality has been consistently associated with adverse cardiovascular health with atypical cardiovascular reactions to psychological stress one potential underlying mechanism. As Type D individuals have been noted to report lower social support and greater perceptions of negativity in social interactions, this study examined if the association between Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity was mediated by these social relationships. A sample of 195 undergraduate students (138 female) participated in this observational study, where they completed measures assessing Type D personality (DS14), social support, and perceptions of negative social relationships (National Institute of Health social relationship scales), before undergoing a traditional cardiovascular reactivity protocol. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP; DBP), heart rate (HR), cardiac output (CO), and total peripheral resistance (TPR) were monitored throughout. ANCOVAs and regressions indicated that Type D personality was associated with lower cardiovascular reactivity to a mental arithmetic stressor. Furthermore, mediation analyses (process macro) indicated that the relationship between Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity was mediated via increased perceptions of negative social relationships, as well as lower levels of social support. Apart from a significant association between Type D personality and increased HR reactivity, all results failed to withstand adjustment for the individual effects of negative affect (NA) and social inhibition (SI) in controlled analyses. Overall, these findings suggest that the predictive utility of Type D personality on cardiovascular reactivity above and beyond the individual effects of NA and SI is limited, and may vary depending on the cardiovascular parameter of focus.read more
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Type D personality, stress, and symptoms of burnout: The influence of avoidance coping and social support
TL;DR: The authors investigated whether approach coping, avoidance coping, or perceptions of available social support mediated the relationship between Type D personality and perceived stress, and examined whether Type D moderated the relationship of perceived stress and symptoms of burnout.
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The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Stress Levels and Occurrence of Stomatoghnatic System Disorders (SSDs) among Physiotherapy Students in Poland.
TL;DR: In this paper, a quantitative analysis examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the occurrence of stress and stomatognathic system disorders (SSDs) among students of physiotherapy is presented.
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Type D personality is associated with lower cardiovascular reactivity to stress in women.
TL;DR: Type D personality is associated with lower SBP reactivity to acute stress in women, which may be indicative of blunted cardiovascular reactivity.
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Los modelos dimensionales de la personalidad y su importancia en la psicología de la salud
TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical review presents some of the dimensional models of personality and its relation with health-disease, emphasizing the reliability of concepts as type d personality, the relation of dimensional models with temperamental models and the importance of the five-factor personality model, in particular neuroticism and extraversion as highly relevant factors for health psychology.
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Exposure to organizational stressors and health outcomes in a sample of Italian local police officers
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