Emotion suppression differentially moderates the link between stress and cardiovascular disease risk in Japanese and Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a key cause of mortality worldwide. Prior work has found that the association between stress and cardiovascular outcomes is moderated by emotion regulation (ER) and expressive suppression (i.e., emotion inhibition), which is linked with adverse outcomes (i.e., inflammation) in Western (Americans) but not Eastern (Japanese) populations. Existing cultural differences in biological stress responses and suppression use suggest that these factors may have different implications for CV outcomes.

Objective

We address this gap in the literature by examining if ER differentially moderates the relationship between stress and CVD risk between Japanese and American adults.

Method

Participants were from the Midlife in Japan and Midli

SUBMITTER: Watanabe DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11919598 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature