Inflammation and positive affect: Examining the stress-buffering hypothesis with data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 21-26

  Blevins, Cara L ^a   Sagui, Sara J ^a   Bennett, Jeanette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Perceived psychological stress; Positive affect; Stress protective; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEIVED PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; POSITIVE AFFECT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; AFFECT; BLOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84979651440     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.07.149     Document Type: Article

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