Emotional Style and Susceptibility to the Common Cold
Sheldon Cohen, PhD,
William J. Doyle, PhD,
Ronald B. Turner, MD,
Cuneyt M. Alper, MD and
David P. Skoner, MD
From the Department of Psychology (S.C.), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Departments of Otolaryngology (W.J.D., C.M.A.) and Pediatrics (D.P.S.) Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and the Department of Pediatrics (R.B.T.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina (now at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia).
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Fig. 1. Positive emotional style (by interviews) and incidence of clinical (infection + illness) colds using objective and subjective criteria for illness.
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Fig. 2. Negative emotional style (by interviews) and incidence of clinical (infection + illness) colds using objective and subjective criteria for illness.
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Fig. 3. Negative emotional style (by interviews) and unfounded symptoms (symptom scores adjusted for standard controls, infection status, total mucuciliary clearance, and mucus weights).
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Fig. 4. Positive emotional style (by interviews) and unfounded symptoms (symptom scores adjusted for standard controls, infection status, total mucuciliary clearance, and mucus weights).
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Copyright © 2003 by the American Psychosomatic Society
