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Real Men Don't Cry: Skill Expressing Discrete Emotions Differentially Predicts Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Men and Women.
Thompson, Laura M; Tuck, Natalie L; Pressman, Sarah D; Consedine, Nathan S.
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  • Thompson LM; Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Tuck NL; The Auckland Regional Pain Service, Auckland District Health Board, Irvine, CA, USA.
  • Pressman SD; School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
  • Consedine NS; Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Ann Behav Med ; 54(1): 49-60, 2020 01 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31116365
BACKGROUND: Expressing emotions effectively is central to social functioning and has links to health and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Previous work has linked the ability to smile to lower CVD risk in men but has not studied other expressions or considered the context of these skills. PURPOSE: To test whether the ability to express fear, anger, sadness, happiness, and disgust cross-sectionally predict CVD risk in both genders and whether links are moderated by the ability to decode others' emotional signals. METHODS: A community sample of 125 men and women (30-75 years) provided trait emotion data before a laboratory visit where blood was drawn and performance-based assessments of the ability to signal and decode emotions were administered. Expressive accuracy was scored using FaceReader software. Projected CVD risk was calculated using Framingham, a New Zealand (NZ) specific, and Atherosclerosis CVD (ASCVD) risk algorithms. RESULTS: Accuracy expressing happiness predicted lower projected risk, whereas greater accuracy expressing fear and sadness predicted higher risk. Gender frequently moderated these links; greater accuracy expressing happiness predicted lower risk in men but not women. Conversely, greater accuracy expressing fear predicted higher risk in men, whereas greater accuracy expressing sadness predicted lower risk in women but, again, higher risk in men. The ability to accurately decode others' emotions moderated some links. CONCLUSIONS: The ability to signal emotion has complex links to health parameters. The ability to flexibly regulate expressions in accordance with gender norms may be one useful way of thinking about adaptive expressive regulation.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Emociones / Expresión Facial / Factores de Riesgo de Enfermedad Cardiaca Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Ann Behav Med Asunto de la revista: CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Nueva Zelanda Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Emociones / Expresión Facial / Factores de Riesgo de Enfermedad Cardiaca Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Ann Behav Med Asunto de la revista: CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Nueva Zelanda Pais de publicación: Reino Unido