The Role of Angry Rumination and Distraction in Blood Pressure Recovery From Emotional Arousal
William Gerin, PhD,
Karina W. Davidson, PhD,
Nicholas J. S. Christenfeld, PhD,
Tanya Goyal, PhD and
Joseph E. Schwartz, PhD
From the Columbia University/NY-Presbyterian Hospital (W.G., K.W.D., T.G.), New York, NY; the University of California (N.J.S.C.), San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and State University of New York (J.E.S.), Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY.

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Figure 2. Curve-fitting procedure for the assessment of blood pressure recovery.
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Figure 3. Percentage of anger-recall task-related thoughts across persons at each of the five sampled intervals during the recovery period.
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Figure 4. Interactions in cardiovascular recovery between distraction conditions and trait rumination.
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Copyright © 2006 by the American Psychosomatic Society