Dissertation
Effect of Multiple Roles on Ambulatory Blood Pressure In Women
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/4256
Abstract
The role of psychosocial risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) in women is not yet well understood. Stress has long been implicated as a risk factor for CHD. Conceptually, the common experience of women's multiple roles may contribute to an increase in total stress burden, called background stress, due to conflicting demands and a more diffuse distribution of responsibilities between childcare, housework, and paid employment. The current study examined the relationship between multiple roles, background stress, and blood pressure in a sample of 102 women at a state university using partially latent structural regression analysis modeling. Results showed that being a mother in addition to being a student and/or employee was associated with higher levels of background stress (â = .41, p = .002). A trend between higher background stress and systolic baseline blood pressure was identified background (â = .21, p = .06); analyses did not reveal effects of background stress on ambulatory blood pressure. Follow-up linear regression analyses suggest that background stress is only predictive of higher resting blood pressure in mothers (ps < .05), though results should be interpreted with caution. Other significant direct and indirect effects within the models as well as implications and future directions are discussed.
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- Title
- Effect of Multiple Roles on Ambulatory Blood Pressure In Women
- Creators
- Alexandra Liisa Terrill
- Contributors
- John P Garofalo (Advisor)Elizabeth Soliday (Committee Member)Rebecca Craft (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 85
- Identifiers
- 99900581659201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation