caa a22 4500 477096344 CHVBK 20180405111528.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02214149 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02214149 Racial and gender effects on the relaxation response: Implications for the development of hypertension [Elektronische Daten] [Gerard Roberts, Angele McGrady] This study was designed to explore the effect of race and gender on the forehead muscle tension and finger temperature response to biofeedback-assisted relaxation training in individuals with normal blood pressure. Forty-five subjects—18 Black and 27 White, 25 males and 20 females—participated in eight sessions of autogenic relaxation training and thermal biofeedback. Multivariate analysis of variance of the variables measured at baseline (systolic BP, diastolic BP, sodium excretion, anxiety) was significant for gender. Univariate analysis showed males different from females in DBP, Na+ excretion, and trait anxiety. Pretest values of muscle tension were similar by gender, but pretest temperatures were lower in males than females. Repeated measures ANOVA for muscle tension showed a significant effect of period. For temperature, a significant effect of period, gender, and gender × period was observed. Males increased temperature more than females. There was no effect of history of hypertension on the relaxation response. Multiple regression performed on change in muscle tension and change in temperature showed that pretest muscle tension predicted change in muscle tension. Four variables contributed to the variance in change in temperature: pretest temperature, sodium excretion, and state and trait anxiety. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1996 biofeedback nationallicence race nationallicence gender nationallicence relaxation nationallicence hypertension nationallicence Roberts Gerard Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio, P.O. Box 10008, 43699-0008, Toledo, Ohio aut McGrady Angele Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio, P.O. Box 10008, 43699-0008, Toledo, Ohio aut Biofeedback and Self-regulation Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/1(1996-03-01), 51-62 0363-3586 21:1<51 1996 21 10484 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02214149 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02214149 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roberts Gerard Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio, P.O. Box 10008, 43699-0008, Toledo, Ohio aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McGrady Angele Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio, P.O. Box 10008, 43699-0008, Toledo, Ohio aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biofeedback and Self-regulation Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/1(1996-03-01), 51-62 0363-3586 21:1<51 1996 21 10484 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer