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Published on: May 27, 2022
Human Emotions on the Onset of Cardiovascular and Small Vessel Related Diseases
Chrisanthy Vlachakis1, Konstantina Dragoumani1, Sofia Raftopoulou1,2,3
1Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biotechnology, School of Food, Biotechnology and Development, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Insights
This study investigated how understanding emotions, within Emotional Intelligence (EI), relates to cardiovascular diseases like heart disease and diabetes. Findings suggest a link between emotional regulation and coronary heart disease risk.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Cardiology
- Public Health
Background:
- Cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity) pose significant public health challenges.
- Understanding emotions is a key component of Emotional Intelligence (EI).
- The interplay between emotional understanding and cardiovascular health requires further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationship between understanding emotions and cardiovascular diseases.
- To explore this relationship within the framework of Emotional Intelligence (EI).
- To identify potential bidirectional links between EI and cardiovascular conditions.
Main Methods:
- A 3-year study involving 300 participants.
- Utilized a self-report questionnaire to assess various EI facets.
- Assessed aspects including self-emotion appraisal, other-emotion appraisal, emotion regulation, and emotion utilization.
Main Results:
- Coronary heart disease was identified as a prognostic factor for emotion regulation.
- Results highlight the connection between cardiovascular diseases and psychological traits like anxiety and anger (components of EI).
Conclusions:
- The study underscores the link between cardiovascular diseases and psychological characteristics.
- This research is a pioneering effort in Greece to correlate EI with cardiovascular diseases.
- Findings may inform interventions for emotional health by addressing cardiovascular disease treatment.
Background/Aim:
The aim of the present study was to examine the relation between understanding of emotions and cardiovascular related diseases, namely coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus and obesity. The uniqueness of this study lies in the fact that it examined the relationship between the cardiovascular related diseases named above and the understanding of emotions in the context of Emotional Intelligence (EI).
Patients And Methods:
The study was conducted in 300 participants during a 3 year period. All participants completed a self-report questionnaire, assessing various aspects of EI, such as self-emotion appraisal, other emotion appraisal, emotion regulation and use of emotions. As hypothesized, coronary heart disease is a prognostic factor of regulation of emotions.
Results:
The present study is an attempt to examine the relation between emotional understanding and cardiovascular related diseases, namely coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus and obesity. Establishing which diseases are independent risk factors for the understanding of emotions, could have a significant impact on emotional health, through the treatment of these cardiovascular related diseases. Emotions were studied within the theoretical context of Emotional Intelligence (EI), which affects people's physical and mental health.
Conclusion:
The results of this study emphasize on the relationship of cardiovascular related diseases and psychological characteristics, such as anxiety and anger, being aspects of EI. Additionally, this work fills a gap in the relevant Greek literature, as a first attempt to examine the correlation of EI with cardiovascular related diseases.
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