Is flourishing good for the heart?: relationships between positive psychology characteristics and cardiorespiratory health

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dc.contributor.authorKonkoly-Thege, Barna
dc.contributor.authorTarnoki, Adam D
dc.contributor.authorTarnoki, David L
dc.contributor.authorGarami, Zsolt
dc.contributor.authorBerczi, Viktor
dc.contributor.authorHorvath, Ildiko
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-18T19:46:53Z
dc.date.available2015-03-18T19:46:53Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionArticle deposited according to Anales de Psicologia license agreement http://revistas.um.es/analesps/about/submissions#copyrightNotice March 18, 2015.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to provide further data on the relationships between positive psychology constructs and cardiorespiratory parameters including arterial stiffness indicators. Hypotheses were tested cross-sectionally on a sample of patients with cardiovascular disease and on a healthy sample. Life satisfaction, psychological well-being, optimism, meaning in life, and sense of coherence were included as psychological indicators, while peripheral and central blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and heart cycle and respiratory function parameters were used as physiological variables. Most of the associations examined were not significant in either sample, with some notable exceptions (the direction of these linear relationships was in accordance with our expectations). Satisfaction with life was related to lower peripheral systolic and mean arterial blood pressure in the clinical sample. Further, sense of coherence was positively associated with forced expiratory volume. In the healthy sample, the augmentation indexes and aortic systolic blood pressure were negatively associated with optimism. However, none of the linear and non-linear relationships proved to be significant in either of the samples when using the Bonferroni correction. Further research should determine whether the present findings derive from the cultural characteristics of our samples or whether the mediators between flourishing and cardiorespiratory health should be sought among other variables than the ones included in the present investigation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKonkoly Thege, B., Tarnoki, A. D., Tarnoki, D. L., Garami, Z., Berczi, V., Horvath, I., & Veress, G. (2015). Is flourishing good for the heart? Relationships between positive psychol characteristics and cardiorespiratory health.[¿Es la salud psicológica buena para el corazón? Relación entre características psicológicas positivas y variables cardiorrespiratorias]. Anales de Psicología, 31(1), 55–65. http://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.31.1.171471en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/10097
dc.identifier.urihttp://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/50370
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAnales de Psicologíaen_US
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.subjectPositive psychologyen_US
dc.subjectWell-being cardiovascular indicatorsen_US
dc.subjectArterial stiffnessen_US
dc.subjectLung functionsen_US
dc.titleIs flourishing good for the heart?: relationships between positive psychology characteristics and cardiorespiratory healthen_US
dc.title.alternative¿Es la salud psicológica buena para el corazón? Relación entre características psicológicas positivas y variables cardiorrespiratoriasen_US
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
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