Moderation of physiological stress responses by personality traits and daily hassles: Less flexibility of immune system responses

Biological Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-48

  Peters, Madelon L ^a   Godaert, Guido L R ^b   Ballieux, Rudy E ^b   Heijnen, Coby J ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily hassles; Immune system responses; Individual differences; Personality traits; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0344413424     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(03)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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