TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Terrorism and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in children
JO  - Health psychology
A1  - Gump, Brooks B.
A1  - Reihman, Jacki
A1  - Stewart, Paul
A1  - Lonky, Ed
A1  - Darvill, Tom
SP  - 594
EP  - 600
VL  - 24
IS  - 6
N2  - A number of studies have considered whether background stress affects cardiovascular responses to acute stress tasks. The present study considers the effect of a potent background stressor with a clear onset, namely the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Specifically, the authors investigated differences among 9.5-year-old children tested before (N = 30) and then following (N = 20) the 9/11 attacks. In addition, a majority of these children (N = 37) were retested approximately 1 year later (i.e., before and after 9/11/2002). Children tested directly following 9/11/2001 exhibited significantly greater stroke volume and cardiac output responses to acute stress tasks compared with their responses 1 year later, and this change in reactivity differed significantly from the change in reactivity exhibited by children tested before 9/11/2001 and again 1 year later. These results suggest that a potent background stressor can temporarily heighten some children's cardiovascular responses to subsequent acute stressors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0278-6133
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.24.6.594
ID  - ref1
ER  -