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Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress.

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Merritt, MM; Bennett, GG; Williams, RB; Edwards, CL; Sollers, JJ
Published in: Health Psychol
May 2006

This study evaluated cardiovascular responses (CVR) to an active speech task with blatantly discriminatory (BRC) versus neutral (NRC) stimuli and an anger recall task in a sample of Black men (N = 73; age 18 to 47). Diastolic blood pressure scores were higher for NRC versus BRC stimuli during anger recall (p = .05). Moreover, persons in the NRC group who perceived high levels of racism (vs. no racism or BRC group) during active speech showed larger increases in blood pressure across postspeech rest, anger recall, and subsequent rest (p = .03). The notable elevation in CVR in response to an ambiguous event extends current models of racism suggesting that subtle racism is a psychosocial stressor that erodes health through chronically elevated CVR.

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Health Psychol

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0278-6133

Publication Date

May 2006

Volume

25

Issue

3

Start / End Page

364 / 369

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Perception
  • Public Health
  • Prejudice
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
 

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Merritt, M. M., Bennett, G. G., Williams, R. B., Edwards, C. L., & Sollers, J. J. (2006). Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress. Health Psychol, 25(3), 364–369. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.25.3.364
Merritt, Marcellus M., Gary G. Bennett, Redford B. Williams, Christopher L. Edwards, and John J. Sollers. “Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress.Health Psychol 25, no. 3 (May 2006): 364–69. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.25.3.364.
Merritt MM, Bennett GG, Williams RB, Edwards CL, Sollers JJ. Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress. Health Psychol. 2006 May;25(3):364–9.
Merritt, Marcellus M., et al. “Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress.Health Psychol, vol. 25, no. 3, May 2006, pp. 364–69. Pubmed, doi:10.1037/0278-6133.25.3.364.
Merritt MM, Bennett GG, Williams RB, Edwards CL, Sollers JJ. Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress. Health Psychol. 2006 May;25(3):364–369.

Published In

Health Psychol

DOI

ISSN

0278-6133

Publication Date

May 2006

Volume

25

Issue

3

Start / End Page

364 / 369

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Perception
  • Public Health
  • Prejudice
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans