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SAVANNAHHOOPER23 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

In explaining the relationship between hostility and health, Dr. Billings asserts that more hostile individuals have poorer health habits, and it's these habits that increase their susceptibility to coronary heart disease. Evidently, Dr. Billings is an adherent of the __________.

a. transactional model of stress.
b. psychophysiological reactivity model.
c. psychosocial vulnerability model.
d. health behavior model.

Question 2

According to the psychosocial vulnerability model of the relationship between hostility and health,

a. increased heart rate, blood pressure, and stress-related hormones increase risk for coronary artery disease.
b. hostile individuals create a stressful environment by mistrusting others and scanning their environments for potential mistreatment.
c. hostile individuals have small social support networks, and, as a result, take worse care of themselves/their bodies.
d. none of the above