Subjective social status and cardiovascular reactivity: An experimental examination

The present experiment examined the causal influence of subjective social status (SSS) on variables related to cardiovascular health (i.e., blood pressure, heart rate variability [HRV]). Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions involving a social comparison that either induced a...

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Main Authors: Karoline Pieritz, Philipp Süssenbach, Winfried Rief, Frank Euteneuer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01091/full