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Are Older Adults Less or More Physiologically Reactive? A Meta-Analysis of Age-Related Differences in Cardiovascular Reactivity to Laboratory Tasks

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  • Bert N. Uchino
  • Wendy Birmingham
  • Cynthia A. Berg

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In this meta-analytic review of 31 laboratory studies, we examined if relatively older adults showed lower or higher cardiovascular reactivity compared with relatively younger adults. Results revealed that age was associated with lower heart rate reactivity but higher systolic blood pressure (SBP) reactivity during emotionally evocative tasks. Consistent with the predictions of dynamic integration theory, the result for SBP was moderated by the degree of task activation. These data are discussed in light of existing self-regulatory models and important future research directions. Copyright 2010, Oxford University Press.

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  • Bert N. Uchino & Wendy Birmingham & Cynthia A. Berg, 2010. "Are Older Adults Less or More Physiologically Reactive? A Meta-Analysis of Age-Related Differences in Cardiovascular Reactivity to Laboratory Tasks," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 65(2), pages 154-162.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:65b:y:2010:i:2:p:154-162
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    1. David Weiss, 2018. "On the Inevitability of Aging: Essentialist Beliefs Moderate the Impact of Negative Age Stereotypes on Older Adults’ Memory Performance and Physiological Reactivity," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 73(6), pages 925-933.

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