Personality and Human Immunity

The Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cohen, Sheldon ^a   Janicki Deverts, Denise ^a   Crittenden, Crista N ^a   Sneed, Rodlescia S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Big five; Conscientiousness; Extraversion; Host resistance; Hostility; Immune function; Immunity; Infectious disease; Neuroticism; Openness to experience; Optimism; Personality; Positive affect; Social inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870585316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195394399.013.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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