期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
卷 88, 期 3, 页码 271-281出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.04.006
关键词
Relationship quality; Couple interaction; Oxytocin; Cardiovascular reactivity
资金
- NIH [RO1 HL68862]
Cardiovascular reactivity is a potential mechanism underlying associations of close relationship quality with cardiovascular disease. Two models describe oxytocin as another mechanism. The calm and connect model posits an association between positive relationship experiences and oxytocin levels and responses, whereas the tend and befriend model emphasizes the effects of negative relationship experiences in evoking oxytocin release. In this study of 180 younger couples, relationship quality had a small, marginally significant inverse association with plasma oxytocin levels, and neither positive nor negative couple interactions evoked change in plasma oxytocin. Negative couple interactions evoked significant cardiovascular reactivity, especially among women:Bence, in the largest study of these issues to date, there was little support for key tenets of the calm and connect model, and only very modest support for the tend and befriend model. However, findings were consistent with the view that CVR contributes to the effects of relationship difficulties on health. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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