TY - JOUR
AU1 - C., Segerstrom, Suzanne
AB - Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/abm/article/22/3/180/4631465 by DeepDyve user on 07 November 2020 PERSONALITY AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: MODELS, METHODS, AND MECHANISMS 1,e Suzanne C. Segerstrom, Ph.D. University of Kentucky ABSTRACT way consistently over time, given the same or similar situations, though the evidence for cross-situational consistency is weaker (7). A relationship between personality and the immune system Due to its consistency, personality has the potential to have an has been hypothesized for at least 25 years, and understanding this enduring influence on physiological systems and health. It has relationship could contribute to understanding how personality been proposed as an etiologic factor for chronic, progressive health affects the onset and course of chronic diseases such as cancer and problems such as heart disease and cancer (see Reference 8 for a heart disease. A number of personality dimensions, including review). Along with other systems, the immune system may act as repression, optimism, hostility, attributional style, and extraversion- a physiological pathway between personality and the onset or introversion, have been related to immune parameters or immu- progression of chronic health problems. The most obvious ex- nity. Theoretical and methodological issues in interpreting the amples of such health problems relate to the overt dysfunction of 
TI - Personality and the immune system: Models, methods, and mechanisms,
JF - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
DO - 10.1007/BF02895112
DA - 2000-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/personality-and-the-immune-system-models-methods-and-mechanisms-UW9IPYLjQL
SP - 180
EP - 190
VL - 22
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -