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Relationships Between Hostility, Anger Expression, and Blood Pressure Dipping in an Ethnically Diverse Sample

From the San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral, Program in Clinical Psychology (K.S.T.), and the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego (R.A.N., J.E.D.), San Diego, CA.

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Effects of hostility on mean arterial pressure (MAP) dipping in African Americans and white Americans. Greater experience (a) and expression (b) scores predict less dipping (p < .01). Error bars represent means ± standard error. BD = Buss-Durkee Hostility Scale.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Effects of anger expression on mean arterial pressure (MAP) dipping in African Americans and white Americans. Greater anger control (a) predicts more dipping (p < .01). Greater anger expression (b) predicts less dipping (p < .05). Error bars represent means ± standard error.