PSY 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Psych, Passive Smoking, Intrusiveness

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 401
• Professor: Fayeza Ahmed

Document Summary

Framingham landmark prospective study of demographic bio and psych risk factors in cvd. Biological sex (gender on slides - but it is biological sex) Linked with aggressiveness competitiveness and other behaviors that may contribute to cvd. Levels peak during early adulthood, just when sex difference in mortality peaks. May have a protective effect on vessel wall. People of low ses have more risk factors. Compared with euro americans, african americans are at increased risk and. Asian and latin americans are at lower risk. May be social, behavior, and economic factors that are contributing here. A sustained elevation of diastolic and sys. Can be related to more than one thing. Can be weight, stress level, etc. all contributing. Prevalence varies widely among racial and ethnic groups. Characteristic reaction to stress including changes in hr, bp, and hormones. Abdominal obesity promotes the greater risk of cvd. This explains why men have greater risk of cvd.