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Show ft M m n- v - n yM M 1'r"'IM ' S M I n I ! t I Fri '1 V ) Page 10 tllJje i i V i i - imcB-efo- i p 1 n , , Nephi, Utah a Wednesday, November 25, 1998 cGccjy onac::SC3 Lzzzj c; CoDccd pracsupo C:cc:73 i?a Oil What is said during an argument not the disagreement itself may be enough to increase a mans blood pressure and heart rate during a marital spat, according to researchers at the University of Utah. For wives, just having the of what reement-regardless is said can cause increases in blood pressure and heart rate. Somewhere in the back of a ... BUY If YOUTH!!! found, please call be- disag- cause today I am Marital spats already have been linked as a contributor to increased blood pressure, quickened heart rates and the narrowing of blood vessels, but the new U. research shows that husbands and wives react differently, physiologically, to the dynamics of an argument. The study was published in the November issue of the journal Health Psychology. It was by Timothy Smith, Linda Gallo, Layne Goble, Le Q Ngu !j Please call Kelly Hansen 3 at 623-701- Guuca3 and Kimberly Stark, all of the However, if the man felt his .rates between non married men U.s psychology department. competence was challenged dur- and women had different results. When you threaten a womans The researchers studied 60 ing the discussion, his heart rate competence outside marriage, couples who had been married an and blood pressure rose. Women may be more respon- she is just as physiologically reaverage of three years. The couples were randomly assigned to sive to interactions that threat- active as a man, Smith says. take either the same or opposite en their sense of harmony and Dynamics change among marsides in two issues: the imposi- relationship quality, explains ried people, he hypothesizes. Men and women, in general, tion of rent controls and the Smith, who chairs the psycholoadoption of stricter university gy department and who studies tend to emphasize slightly differmind ent goals in relationships. Main--' admission standards. Their relationships between-thblood pressure and heart rates and the body. For husbands, it taining closeness is a little more were monitored during the dis- may be aspects of the interaction important to women than to men that threaten their sense of com- and doing a competent job tends cussion. notes were petence and status, thus caus- to be a little more touchy subject given Participants listing reasons and arguments ing the heart rate and blood pres- for men than for women. for the positions, but they were sure increases. The results of the research The results, of course, may not instructed not to read the notes verbatim during the discussion. be true for all married couples, The researchers found that dis- Smith emphasizes. You have to generalize, he agreements alone tended to drive up the womens heart and blood says. Its also true that there are pressure rate, but the men lots ofhusbands who are responwerent as affected by the con- sive to threats to the quality of a flict, Smith' says. relationship and women who are threatened by challenges oftheir competence. A related study that examined the heart and blood pressure may help researchers and health care professionals understand the role different kinds of stress can have on each gender, Smith says. Also, if spouses "learn ways to interact by reducing the stress of a disagreement or by lessen-- . ing the perceived threat to status it might help lower ones cardiovascular risk. o 1 1! II ll Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to the Cookery. Come andjoin usfor a traditional Thanksgiving (Dinner (Buffet with ad the trimmings. 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