Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Stress Related Illness
- Acute stressors
- Exam stress
- Kiecolt-Glaser et al (1984)
- Investigated whether short term stressors had an effect on the immune system
- Took samples of blood before and during exams
- Measuring NK cell activity
- Significantly reduced in the second sample
- Suggests that short term predictable stressors reduce immune system functioning
- Chronic stressors
- Relationship stress
- Kiecolt-Glaser et al (2005)
- Tested the impact of interpersonal conflict on wound healing
- Found that blistered wounds on the arms of married couples took longer to heal after having a fight
- Kiecolt-Glaser et al (1987)
- Compared women separated from their from their partners with matched married controls
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- Effects of stress can sometimes enhance the immune system