Summary: Gratitude reduces the systolic blood pressure response to stress-testing experiences, indicating that gratitude has a unique buffering effect on both response and recovery from psychological stress.
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Irish University researchers studied 68 adults and found that gratitude has a unique stress-reducing effect on both the response to and recovery from severe psychological stress, contributing to improved cardiovascular health.
It is important to know that stress affects human beings and affects their health and well-being, such as increased blood pressure and increased cardiovascular disease and heart disease. It can play key stress reducing roles.
In his article, “Gratitude, Affect Balance, and Anxiety: A Developmental Curve Examination of Cardiovascular Responses to a Laboratory Stress Task,” published in January. Journal of PsychophysiologyBrian Leavy, Brenda H. O’Connell and Deirdre O’Shea Although previous studies have indicated that gratitude and affect-balance play key anti-stress roles, little is known about the effects of these variables on cardiovascular recovery. From high psychological stress.
That was the focus of the study by researchers from Ireland’s Universities of Maynooth and Limerick, and it also found that affect balance moderates the relationship between gratitude and cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress.
The study, conducted at the Irish University of Maynooth, involved 68 undergraduate students (24 men and 44 women) aged between 18 and 57 years. This study used a within-subjects experimental design in which laboratory tasks exposed participants to stress and then measured the cardiovascular response and recovery from this response.
The results show that state gratitude predicts lower systolic blood pressure responses during stress-testing, implying that gratitude has a unique stress-resilient effect on both response to and recovery from acute psychological stress. It is also known that the impact balance emphasizes the government’s credits.
These findings are of clinical relevance as there are a number of low-cost gratitude interventions that can contribute to well-being (Wood et al., 2010). For example, previous research has shown how heart patients who use gratitude journals have better cardiovascular outcomes than those who do not (Redwine et al., 2016).
Combined with the results of this study and previous work, gratitude may be an important intervention point for improving cardiovascular health.
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“Gratitude, affect balance, and stress coping: A developmental curve examination of cardiovascular responses to a laboratory stress task.” by Brian Leavy et al. Journal of Psychophysiology
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Gratitude, affect balance, and stress coping: A developmental curve examination of cardiovascular responses to a laboratory stress task.
Previous research suggests that gratitude and affect-balance play key stress buffering roles. However, to date, there is limited research on the effects of gratitude and the cardiovascular effects of balance on posttraumatic stress recovery, and that balance may moderate the relationship between gratitude and cardiovascular responses to posttraumatic stress.
In this study, 68 adults completed state assessments, positive and negative affect, and completed a laboratory-based cardiovascular stress test protocol. This included a 20-minute acclimation period, a 10-minute baseline, a 6-minute math stress task, and an 8-minute recovery period.
Mixed-effects growth curve models were fit, and results indicated that state gratitude predicted lower systolic blood pressure responses during the stress-test period. Effect balance was found to moderate the effects of state gratitude on the relationship between state gratitude and diastolic blood pressure responses to stress.
These findings indicate that state gratitude has a unique stress-protective effect on both the response to and recovery from acute psychological stress.