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Cardiovascular, Affective, and Behavioral Responses to Masculinity-Challenging Stressors: Active Versus Passive Coping

Cardiovascular, affective, and behavioral responses to laboratory stressors, varying in the extent to which they challenged participants’ masculinity and evoked active versus passive coping, were examined in 30 male cadets at a military college. Participants were exposed to a novel, passive coping, Masculinity and Toughness-Challenging Interview (MTCI) and randomly assigned to a passive coping, low masculinity-challenging (PASSIVE-LOW MASC) or an active coping, high masculinity-challenging (ACTIVE-HIGH MASC) cold pressor condition. As expected, the ACTIVE-HIGH MASC manipulation was able to overcome the typical vasoconstrictive properties of cold pressor to produce a myocardial response pattern, relative to a vascular pattern observed for the PASSIVE-LOW MASC condition and the MTCI. Myocardial reactivity to the ACTIVE-HIGH MASC cold pressor condition was accompanied by a relatively positive psychological state response. Vascular reactivity to the MTCI was intensified with greater engagement in and self-disclosure during the task. Findings suggest more favorable health implications for men who actively cope with challenges to their masculinity compared with passive copers.