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| Effects of religious orientation and gender on cardiovascular reactivity among older adults | | Author(s) | Kevin S Masters, Tera L Lensegrav-Benson, John C Kircher |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 27, no 2, March 2005 |
| Pages | pp 221-240 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Older men ; Older women ; Hypertension ; Blood pressure ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Recent attention has focused on the relationship between religiosity and health. Although many pathways have been proposed to account for this relationship, little empirical research has investigated specific pathways in relation to specific physiological functions. This study assessed the role that religious orientation and gender play in moderating psychophysiological reactivity in laboratory stressors in older people. These participants characterised by an intrinsic religious orientation (IO) demonstrated. less reactivity than did those characterised by an extrinsic religious orientation. Gender did not influence reactivity. There was some evidence that the effect of religious orientation is more pronounced for interpersonal than cognitive-type stressors, although the strongest findings were evident when stressors were aggregated. The magnitude of these effects suggests that they are of practical significance. Given these results and the known relationship between reactivity and hypertension, it is proposed that IO may result in older people being at decreased risk of developing hypertension. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-050504217 A |
| Classmark | TR: EX: BC: BD: CQQ: BKL: 4C: 7T |
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