ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2015
Social support buffering of the relation between low income and elevated blood pressure in at-risk African-American adults.
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- Perceived neighborhood environments and cardiovascular disease in older adults: the moderating role of cognitive activity.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Racial discrimination predicts subjective cognitive decline: Perceived relationship support buffers the association.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
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- Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with biological aging: Intervention-induced enhancement of couple functioning confers resilience.Family process · 2023Article
- Strengthening couple functioning promotes resilience to COVID-19-related stressors among Black Americans.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2023Article
- Relationship intervention indirectly buffers financial strain's effect on biological aging among Black adults.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2022Article
- Blood pressure control status of patients with hypertension on treatment in Dessie City Northeast Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Relationship between social support and incident hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study: a cohort study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- The Interactive Effects of Education and Social Support on Blood Pressure in African Americans.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2022Article
- Can social support buffer the association between loneliness and hypertension? a cross-sectional study in rural China.PloS one · 2022Article
- Cardiac vagal control in response to acute stress during pregnancy: Associations with life stress and emotional support.Psychophysiology · 2021Article
- Association of Psychosocial Symptoms, Blood Pressure, and Menopausal Status in African-American Women.Western journal of nursing research · 2020Article
- The Role of Social Support in Moderating the Relationship between Race and Hypertension in a Low-Income, Urban, Racially Integrated Community.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- Association of functional and structural social support with chronic kidney disease among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.BMC nephrology · 2019Article
- Resilience in African American Women at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: an Exploratory Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2019Article
- Social Support and Pain Outcomes After Trauma Exposure Among Older Adults: A Multicenter Longitudinal Study.The Clinical journal of pain · 2018Article
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Abstract
Socioeconomic disadvantage has been linked to elevated blood pressure (BP), and the purpose of this study was to assess whether interpersonal social supports buffer these adverse relations in African-American adults. In three communities matched demographically, a subsample of participants (N = 204) of the Positive Action for Today's Health trial provided measures of perceived social support, annual household income, and BP. Multiple regression analyses with cross-product interactions were conducted using follow-up data. The sample had a mean age of 52.8 years (SD = 15.1), and was predominantly female (66 %) with a high body mass index (M = 33.5, SD = 14.7). Results indicated an inverse relation between social support and diastolic BP (B = -.178, p = .005), and also an interaction with income (p = .046), such that higher social support related to lower diastolic BP in the lowest-income individuals (B = -1.05). The same direct (B = -.141, p = .025) and interacting (B = -1.42, p = .040) social support effects were present for systolic BP, however the omnibus model for systolic BP was not significant, F(6, 196) = 1.80, p = .09. The hypothesized buffering effect of social support on the adverse relation of income to BP was partially supported in at-risk African-American adults. Future prevention efforts for reducing the impact of socioeconomic stress on BP may aim to increase perceptions of social support.
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