Christensen et al., 1996: Describing trauma or stressful experiences increased immune system function among undergraduate students with high levels of hostility
Reference:
Christensen, A. J., Edwards, D. L., Wiebe, J. S., Benotsch, E. G., McKelvey, L., Andrews, M., & Lubaroff, D. M. (1996). Effect of verbal self-disclosure on natural killer cell activity: Moderating influence of cynical hostility. Psychosomatic Medicine, 58(2), 150-155.
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Asking undergraduates to verbally disclose traumatic or stressful experiences increased a measure of immune system function, natural killer cell activity, among students higher in hostility relative to those lower in hostility, as compared to students not asked to disclose.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Selves (My Own and Others')Approach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Changing beliefs about emotions, states, and the valence of the self-conceptHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Are negative past emotions, states, and experiences ongoing and undermining?Are negative past emotions, states, and experiences ongoing and undermining?Psychological Question Addressed
Are negative past emotions, states, and experiences ongoing and undermining?Psychological Process 2:
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Social Area:
Health
Intervention Technique:
Active reflection, on negative experiences