# GENDER AND AGE DIFFERENCES IN HOSTILITY

> **NIH NIH R01** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 1992 · $156,499

## Abstract

The goal of the proposed project is an in-depth analysis of the level,
component structure, and expression of hostility in middle-aged and older
men and women, focusing on interview-assessed hostility that has been
shown to be predictive of adverse health outcomes.  Hostility will be
assessed with multiple methods: self-report, content analysis of speech,
clinical judgments of behavior, ratings of facial expressions, and
reactions to experimental stimuli.

Four interrelated studies, some experiments involving manipulation of the
social setting, will assess hostile behavior during social interaction and
will address the following questions:

1.  Are there gender differences in hostility that might explain gender
differences in health?
2.  Are there age differences in hostility that might explain why
hostility differentially affects the health of older and middle-aged
individuals?
3.  Are there differences in hostility between patients with coronary
artery disease and nonpatient controls matched on age and sex? If so, it
would help explain the role that hostility plays in the development of
coronary disease.
4.  What self-report measures of hostility best correlate with interview-
assessed hostile behavior and are there personality variables that mediate
between self-report and behavior to effect the size of these correlations?
The data designed to answer this questions will provide the basis for the
development of better measurement techniques.
5.  What is the stability of hostility over time?

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3121092
- **Project number:** 5R01AG009276-03
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **SAM.gov UEI:** TP7EK8DZV6N5
- **Principal Investigator:** JOHN Calvin BAREFOOT
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1992
- **Award amount:** $156,499
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1990-08-01 → 1995-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3121092

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3121092, GENDER AND AGE DIFFERENCES IN HOSTILITY (5R01AG009276-03). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-24 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3121092. Licensed CC0.

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