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Cardiovascular Stress Responses in Young Adulthood Associated With Family-of-Origin Relationship Experiences

From the Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Proposed model. Standardized estimates shown. Error terms not shown. "fam relationships" = family relationships (FR); "disengagement" = disengagement coping; "engagement" = engagement coping; "depression" = depressive symptoms; "anxiety" = state anxiety; "SBP reactivity" = change from baseline to speech level systolic blood pressure (SBP); "SBP recovery" = change from speech to recovery level SBP.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Diastolic blood pressure responses by family group (loss, divorce, intact) and the quality of family relationships (FR). Regression lines represent values of family relationships (FR) set to one standard deviation above and below the mean. Low FR = lower-quality family relationships; high FR = higher-quality family relationships.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Magnitude of recovery of diastolic blood pressure (DBP) by family group (loss, divorce, intact) and the quality of family relationships (FR). Regression lines represent values of family relationships (FR) set to one standard deviation above and below the mean. "Recovery" is a change score calculated as recovery level DBP subtracted from speech level DBP. Low FR = lower-quality family relationships; high FR = higher-quality family relationships.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. Heart rate responses by family group (loss, divorce, intact) and the quality of family relationships (FR). Regression lines represent values of family relationships (FR) set to one standard deviation above and below the mean. Low FR = lower-quality family relationships; high FR = higher-quality family relationships.