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COUPLES’ NEUROENDOCRINE ACTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO FAMILY
CONFLICT DISCUSSIONS: THE ROLE OF SELF-REPORTED ANGER AND
PREVIOUS MARITAL AGGRESSION
by
Aubrey Joy Rodriguez
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(PSYCHOLOGY)
August 2010
Copyright 2010 Aubrey Joy Rodriguez
Object Description
| Title | Couples’ neuroendocrine activity in response to family conflict discussions: the role of self-reported anger and previous marital aggression |
| Author | Rodriguez, Aubrey Joy |
| Author email | aubreyro@usc.edu; aubrod29@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Psychology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-05-11 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-07-25 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Margolin, Gayla |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Meyerowitz, Beth E. John, Richard S. |
| Abstract | This study investigated whether wives’ and husbands’ hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocorticol (HPA) axis activity, as measured through cortisol, is associated with their own and their partner’s anger during a family conflict discussion, and whether previous marital conflict alters the HPA axis response. Fifty-six middle-aged couples provided 4 saliva samples: immediately following a relaxation task, immediately following a conflict discussion, 10 minutes post-discussion, and 20 minutes post-discussion. The spouses also reported on anger they experienced during the conflict discussion and frequency of marital aggression during the past year. Husbands reporting high anger showed greater overall cortisol activity than husbands reporting no anger. Wives reporting high anger did not show similar cortisol activity. Previous marital conflict interacted with discussion-specific anger. There is evidence of a trend such that husbands with low anger and low previous aggression did not show the same post-discussion cortisol increase as did husbands with previous aggression or with current anger. The implications of these findings for relational functioning and health are discussed in light of the commonality of family conflict as an everyday stressor. |
| Keyword | marriage; physiology; HPA axis; anger; marital aggression |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3217 |
| Rights | Rodriguez, Aubrey Joy |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Rodriguez-3784 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume35/etd-Rodriguez-3784.pdf |
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| Full text | COUPLES’ NEUROENDOCRINE ACTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO FAMILY CONFLICT DISCUSSIONS: THE ROLE OF SELF-REPORTED ANGER AND PREVIOUS MARITAL AGGRESSION by Aubrey Joy Rodriguez A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (PSYCHOLOGY) August 2010 Copyright 2010 Aubrey Joy Rodriguez |
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