BACKGROUND Hostility is associated with incident coronary disease in most large population-based studies, but little is known about its association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in high-risk individuals. The aim of this study was to assess the association of hostility with CVD mortality in the subsequent 16 years in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) participants ...

BACKGROUND Hostility and anger have been attributed as psychosocial risk factors for coronary heart disease. Heightened cardiovascular reactivity (CVR), and poor recovery, to provocative stressors are thought to hasten this risk. PURPOSE To examine the relationship between hostility and anger inhibition (AI), and the moderating situational influences of harassment and evaluation, in predictin...

GPU ∗ † [Extended Abstract] Jin Hyuk Jung Department of Computer Science University of Maryland, College Park [email protected] Dianne P. O’Leary Department of Computer Science University of Maryland, College Park [email protected] ABSTRACT The rapid evolution of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) in performance, architecture, and programmability provides computational potential beyond their prima...

Chronically elevated systemic inXammation has a dramatic impact on health for older individuals. As stress-related responses, both hostility and pain perception may contribute to inXammation which in turn may maintain negative emotion and pain over time. We used structural equation modeling to examine the degree to which trait hostility and pain were uniquely associated with C-reactive protein ...

Proliferation of arterial smooth muscle cells (aSMC) is a key component of atherogenesis. A sample of 225 volunteers, aged 21-65 years, was exposed to "frustration," "harassment," or "relaxation," after completing the 50-item Hostility subscale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Whole blood was measured before and after exposure for platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF),...

OBJECTIVES This review aimed to evaluate the association between anger and hostility and coronary heart disease (CHD) in prospective cohort studies using quantitative methods. BACKGROUND The harmful effect of anger and hostility on CHD has been widely asserted, but previous reviews have been inconclusive. METHODS We searched general bibliographic databases: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science...

This study (a) examined the role of anger rumination as a mediator of the relation between social anxiety and the experience of anger, hostility, and aggression, in the general population, and (b) evaluated the degree to which the presence of autism spectrum disorder characteristics moderates the indirect influence of anger rumination. We then explored whether social cognition and perseveration...

Testosterone and cortisol in male marathon runners (n = 11) were determined in saliva samples (n = 28) collected during the three rest days preceding a competitive marathon and in the samples collected at 08.00h on the race day. An Eysenck Personality Inventory was completed on the first rest day and psychological state was assessed on rest days and on the morning of the marathon by completion ...

The current study examined the ability of interand intra-individual characteristics to predict the likelihood and duration of exercise as well as mood. One hundred forty-nine undergraduates (mean age = 19.11; 53% women; 79.19% White) participated in a six-day study. Online surveys measured participants’ self-reported exercise duration, emotion-regulation ability, hostility, depressive symptoms,...

AIM The aim of the study was to characterize the aggressiveness and hostility as well as self-evaluation among police officers. METHOD The research was conducted in a period of four months, during the law enforcement officers psychological training. A group of 59 occupationally active police officers, aged between 22 and 48 were seen. Two psychological methods were used: Buss - Durkee Hostili...