When anger expression might be beneficial for African Americans: The moderating role of chronic discrimination.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Anger expression is assumed to have mostly negative health effects. Yet, evidence is mixed on how anger expression influences African Americans' cardiovascular health. The present research aimed to clarify this link by examining moderating effects of chronic discrimination on the relationship between anger expression and cardiovascular risk among African Americans in experimental (Study 1) and epidemiological (Study 2) studies.

Method

Study 1 examined how African Americans' trait anger expression was linked to (a) physiologic reactivity to acute social rejection during an interracial encounter (Session 1); and (b) total/HDL cholesterol assessed two months later (Session 2). Study 2 examined the relationship between anger expression and total/HDL cholesterol with a

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6023724 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature