Effects of Emotional Images on Cardiovascular Responses in Males with Coronary Artery Disease and in Healthy Males: The Role of Sensation Seeking

Davoud  Ezzati; Touraj Hashemi Nosrat Abad; Jalil Babapour Kheiroddin; Hassan Sabourimoghaddam; Mohammadreza Taban Sadeghi; Hosein   Namdar; Babak Sadeghi; Masoumeh Hakimi

doi:10.21859/ijcp-03101

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Effects of Emotional Images on Cardiovascular Responses in Males with Coronary Artery Disease and in Healthy Males: The Role of Sensation Seeking

Author(s):

Davoud Ezzati ¹,

Touraj Hashemi Nosrat Abad¹,

Jalil Babapour Kheiroddin¹,

Hassan Sabourimoghaddam¹,

Mohammadreza Taban Sadeghi²,

Hosein Namdar^2,*,

Babak Sadeghi¹,

Masoumeh Hakimi³

1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Iran

2Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

3Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Azad University, Branch of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice:Vol. 3, issue 1; 6-10

Published online:Jan 21, 2018

Article type:Research Article

Received:Sep 15, 2017

Accepted:Dec 24, 2017

How to Cite:Davoud Ezzati Touraj Hashemi Nosrat AbadJalil Babapour KheiroddinHassan SabourimoghaddamMohammadreza Taban SadeghiHosein NamdarBabak SadeghiMasoumeh Hakimiet al.Effects of Emotional Images on Cardiovascular Responses in Males with Coronary Artery Disease and in Healthy Males: The Role of Sensation Seeking.Int J Cardiovasc Pract.3(1):e130256.https://doi.org/10.21859/ijcp-03101.

Abstract

Introduction: Individuals exposed to certain types of images, based on their personality features, experience different emotional states and physiological responses. The present study addressed the effects of stressful and pleasant stimuli on blood pressure and heart rate in male patients with coronary problems and healthy males based on sensation seeking levels.

Methods: One hundred and seventy eight male patients with coronary artery diseases referred to Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz, Iran; and 185 healthy male subjects completed the Sensation Seeking Scale-form V (SSS-V). After obtaining acceptable scores, 100 patients and 100 healthy males were classified in four groups: high sensation seeker patients, low sensation seeker patients, high sensation seeker healthy subjects, and low sensation seeker healthy subjects (each group with 50 samples aged 30-49). First, blood pressures and heart rates were recorded before stimulus induction. Then, the participants were exposed to stressor pictures. After 15 minutes of relaxation, and a cognitive task, the participants were exposed to pleasant pictures. The blood pressure and heart rate were recorded after presenting the two stimuli.

Results: High sensation seeker patients achieved lower scores in diastolic blood pressure in comparison with low sensation seeker patients after presenting the stressful stimulus, and healthy high sensation seekers achieved lower scores in systolic blood pressure in comparison with healthy low sensation seekers presented with pleasant stimulus.

Conclusions: Low sensation seeker patients experienced negative emotions more than high sensation seeker patients. Therefore, the role of induced mood states may be important in relation to physical health.

Keywords

Sensation

Coronary Artery Disease

Pleasant Stimulus

Stressful Stimulus

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Davoud Ezzati :[PubMed][Scholar]
Touraj Hashemi Nosrat Abad:[PubMed][Scholar]
Jalil Babapour Kheiroddin:[PubMed][Scholar]
Hassan Sabourimoghaddam:[PubMed][Scholar]
Mohammadreza Taban Sadeghi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Hosein Namdar:[PubMed][Scholar]
Babak Sadeghi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Masoumeh Hakimi:[PubMed][Scholar]