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Schwerdtfeger, AR; Scharnagl, H; Stojakovic, T; Rathner, EM.
Cognitive Avoidant Coping Is Associated with Higher Carotid Intima Media Thickness Among Middle-Aged Adults.
Int J Behav Med. 2015; 22(5):597-604
Doi: 10.1007/s12529-014-9457-8
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- Scharnagl Hubert
- Stojakovic Tatjana
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- Cognitive avoidant coping (CAV) has been associated with elevated autonomic stress reactivity, thus presumably elevating risk for cardiovascular diseases. However, more direct evidence for this hypothesis is lacking. The purpose of this study was to relate carotid intima media thickness (IMT) to CAV in nonclinical participants. A total of 124 participants (61 women) with a mean age of 37.52 years (SD = 7.93, MIN = 30, MAX = 60) participated in the study. IMT was assessed by ultrasonic imaging and CAV via questionnaire (Mainz Coping Inventory; MCI). Regression analysis revealed that although CAV was not significantly associated with IMT, there was a significant interaction of CAV and age. Whereas for younger adults, there was no significant relation for older individuals, CAV and IMT were significantly positively associated. Findings suggest that CAV could constitute a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases with increasing age.
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- Autonomic Nervous System - physiology
- Cardiovascular Diseases - psychology
- Carotid Intima-Media Thickness - psychology
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- Cardiovascular risk
- Cognitive avoidant coping
- Intima media thickness
- Preclinical atherosclerosis