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Individual differences of perceived social support and cardiovascular reactivity: A meta-analysis
Joshua Landvatter1, Bert N Uchino1, Tracey Tacana1
1University of Utah, Department of Psychology.
Objective:
The primary aim of this review was to investigate meta-analytic connections between individual differences in perceived social support and measures of cardiovascular reactivity.
Method:
The following meta-analysis was completed using a commercially available software package which provided results for effect sizes, confidence intervals, tests of variability regarding effect sizes, and moderation analyses. These analyses were based on a random effects model enabling inferences to be made on studies in this area more generally.
Results:
Individual differences in perceived social support were not significantly related to systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, or heart rate reactivity. Furthermore, the moderators of gender and stressor intensity were also seen to be insignificant.
Conclusion:
Results of this meta-analysis suggest that cardiovascular reactivity might not be a mechanism linking individual differences in perceived support to physical health. It may be that perceived social support has stronger ties to cardiovascular function and health via chronic inflammatory pathways rather than pathways associated with acute stress reactivity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
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