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Partner Interactions Are Associated With Reduced Blood Pressure in the Natural Environment: Ambulatory Monitoring Evidence From a Healthy, Multiethnic Adult Sample

Brooks B. Gump, PhD, MPH, Deborah E. Polk, PhD, Thomas W. Kamarck, PhD and Saul M. Shiffman, PhD

From the Department of Psychology (B.B.G.), State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York; and the Department of Psychology (D.E.P, T.W.K, S.M.S), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.



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  		Fig. 1. Proportion of total observations as a function of relationship quality across different locations (top) and social situations (bottom).

 


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  		Fig. 2. Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate as a function of social situation (interacting with partner vs. interacting with another person vs. not interacting) adjusted for standard covariates. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.

 




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