Attachment style and immunity: A 1-year longitudinal study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 353-358

  Picardi, Angelo ^a   Miglio, Rossella ^b   Tarsitani, Lorenzo ^c   Battisti, Francesca ^d   Baldassari, Maurizio ^e   Copertaro, Alfredo ^f   Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^g   Cascavilla, Isabella ^a   Biondi, Massimo ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ST ANN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Marche   (Italy)

^f Regional Health Administration   (Italy)

^g INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Emotion regulation; Immunity; Longitudinal study; Lymphocytes; Natural killer cells; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871481560     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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