Affective and cardiovascular effects of experimentally-induced social status. Export

@article{citeulike:6081150, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: Observational research suggests subordinate social status is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. However, observational studies have limitations, including confounding of social status with other factors, limited ability to infer causality, and difficulty of obtaining detailed affective and physiologic data. This study used experimental methods to test the hypothesis that subordinate social status per se causes psychological distress and cardiovascular arousal. DESIGN: Forty-four women were randomly assigned to an induced subordinate or dominant status condition. Social status was manipulated using a procedure derived from status construction theory. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Affective responses were assessed via self-report. Cardiovascular responses were assessed by measures of systolic and diastolic blood pressures obtained with an automated blood pressure machine. RESULTS: Participants in the subordinate condition perceived themselves as lower in status; the reverse was true for dominant condition participants. Compared with induced dominant status, induced subordinate status produced increased negative affect and systolic blood pressure over the course of the study. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest social status can be experimentally manipulated and short-term induction of subordinate status can have adverse effects on affect and stress-related physiological systems. Results have implications for understanding how socioeconomic status "gets under the skin" to influence health.}, author = {Mendelson, Tamar and Thurston, Rebecca C. and Kubzansky, Laura D.}, citeulike-article-id = {6081150}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.27.4.482}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18643006}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18643006}, doi = {10.1037/0278-6133.27.4.482}, issn = {0278-6133}, journal = {Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association}, keywords = {affect, cvd, psychosocial, social, status, stress}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {482--489}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 16:10:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Affective and cardiovascular effects of experimentally-induced social status.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.27.4.482}, volume = {27}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6081150 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6081150 N2 - OBJECTIVE: Observational research suggests subordinate social status is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. However, observational studies have limitations, including confounding of social status with other factors, limited ability to infer causality, and difficulty of obtaining detailed affective and physiologic data. This study used experimental methods to test the hypothesis that subordinate social status per se causes psychological distress and cardiovascular arousal. DESIGN: Forty-four women were randomly assigned to an induced subordinate or dominant status condition. Social status was manipulated using a procedure derived from status construction theory. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Affective responses were assessed via self-report. Cardiovascular responses were assessed by measures of systolic and diastolic blood pressures obtained with an automated blood pressure machine. RESULTS: Participants in the subordinate condition perceived themselves as lower in status; the reverse was true for dominant condition participants. Compared with induced dominant status, induced subordinate status produced increased negative affect and systolic blood pressure over the course of the study. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest social status can be experimentally manipulated and short-term induction of subordinate status can have adverse effects on affect and stress-related physiological systems. Results have implications for understanding how socioeconomic status "gets under the skin" to influence health. IS - 4 JF - Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association SN - 0278-6133 EP - 489 TI - Affective and cardiovascular effects of experimentally-induced social status. VL - 27 SP - 482 KW - affect KW - cvd KW - psychosocial KW - social KW - status KW - stress AU - Mendelson, Tamar AU - Thurston, Rebecca AU - Kubzansky, Laura PY - 2008/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.27.4.482 ER -