Abstract
Studies have suggested that enacted social support has salutogenetic effects on cardiovascular activation during stress. This study aims to examine the conjoined effect of naturalistic perceived available support and enacted support on cardiovascular reactivity to a laboratory stressor. Seventy-one participants assigned themselves to one of two conditions: enacted social support before the onset of a stressor or no support. Perceived available support was assessed via a questionnaire, and heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), and baroreceptor reflex sensitivity (BRS) were analyzed in response to a speech task. Whereas perceived available support was unrelated to cardiovascular activity in the no-support condition, it was accompanied by attenuated HR and increased HRV in the enacted-support condition. Moreover, perceived available support was associated with greater HR, HRV, and BRS reactivity to the speech task and better MAP recovery. Together, these findings support the assumption that different aspects of social support are related to different physiological processes.
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