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Sexual orientation, disclosure, and cardiovascular stress reactivity

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Author	Juster, Robert-Paul Doyle, David Matthew Hatzenbuehler, Mark L. Everett, Bethany G. DuBois, L. Zachary McGrath, Jennifer
Copyright Year	2019
Description	Stigma may strain the heart health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals. To date, however, LGB-related differences in cardiovascular diagnosis, risk factors, and basal biomarkers are inconsistently reported. Using a laboratory-based stress paradigm, the current study assessed whether cardiovascular stress reactivity differs as a function of sexual orientation and disclosure status (“coming out”) in a sample of healthy young LGB and heterosexual adults. Eighty-seven participants aged 18–45 (M = 24.61 ± 0.61 SE) identifying as LGB and heterosexual (47%) were exposed to the Trier Social Stress Test, a well-validated laboratory stressor involving public speaking and mental arithmetic. Throughout a two-hour session, ambulatory recordings for heart rate and blood pressure were collected. Self-report questionnaires were also administered to assess psychosocial and demographic variables. Gay/bisexual men showed higher heart rate and lesbian/bisexual women showed marginally higher mean arterial blood pressure in response to a stressor, compared to sex- and age-matched heterosexuals. No significant differences emerged when comparing LGB individuals who had completely disclosed and those that had not completely disclosed their sexual orientation to family and friends. Compared to heterosexuals, heart rate is higher among gay/bisexual men and blood pressure is marginally higher among lesbian/bisexual women when exposed to a laboratory-based stressor. These preliminary findings contribute to small literature on sexual orientation differences in stress reactive biomarkers that requires further exploration.
Related Links	https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/10871/35931/1/Juster&al2019.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6760466/pdf
Ending Page	331
Page Count	11
Starting Page	321
ISSN	10253890
e-ISSN	16078888
DOI	10.1080/10253890.2019.1579793
Journal	Stress
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	22
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2019-05-04
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Biological Psychology Sexual Orientation Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity Blood Pressure Heart Rate Trier Social Stress Test
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physiology Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Behavioral Neuroscience Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health

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