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| Sense of coherence moderates the relationship between life stress and natural killer cell activity in healthy older adults | | Author(s) | Susan K Lutgendorf, Peter P Vitaliano, Toni Tripp-Reimer |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 14, no 4, December 1999 |
| Pages | pp 552-563 |
| Keywords | Personality ; Life satisfaction ; Health [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A sense of coherence (SOC) has been found to be a strong predictor of health outcomes and life satisfaction in older adults. This study investigated mood and immune effects of anticipated voluntary housing relocation in 30 healthy older adults and 28 age-matched controls and examined whether SOC would buffer effects of relocation in natural killer (NK) cell activity. Movers completed assessments and had blood drawn 1 month before relocation to congregate living facilities; controls were assessed concurrently. Compared with the control group, movers showed decreased positive mood and NK activity and elevated thought intrusion. Positive mood mediated the relationship of moving with NK activity, whereas SOC moderated this relationship. Low SOC movers had the poorest NK activity; that of high SOC movers was less compromised. These findings are consistent with possible health producing contributions of SOC and positive mood to immune function in older adults facing stressful life transitions. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000403402 A |
| Classmark | DK: F:5HH: CC: 7T |
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