Post Date December, 03 2023
Man, get rid of your hostile character! Experts remind you that it not only affects your mental health, but also makes you lose your charm and make you sick.
It is reported that a new study believes that the risk of heart attack and hospitalization of male patients with heart disease who are more hostile than that of male patients with heart disease who are docile is more than twice as high. But this result does not apply to women.
This study defines hostility as: in addition to being aggressive or irritable, it also includes being suspicious, cynical, irritable and irritable to others. Researchers from Mount Sinai Medical College in New York, USA, studied 139 men and 88 women with coronary heart disease. All subjects received a personality test called Cook-Medley hostility rating.
Through a four-year follow-up study, researchers found that compared with male patients with lower test scores, the risk of heart disease related diseases or hospitalization due to heart disease in male patients with higher test scores increased by two times; However, the risk of the disease among the women tested was not related to the score of the hostility test. The researchers pointed out that men who scored high on the hostility test were not easy to accept the guidance of doctors, and were more reluctant to treat according to the advice of doctors. Since the subjects of this study were randomly selected from the population, the assessment of the relationship between heart disease and hostility may be more accurate.
Researchers concluded that at present, it is not possible to conclude that hostile treatment can reduce the risk of heart disease, because it is a personality trait rather than a disease. However, some studies have suggested that cognitive behavioral therapy can not only reduce hostility, but also reduce blood pressure.
