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| Stress, social support, psychological resources, health, and antibody titers to Epstein-Barr virus in active older women | | Author(s) | Kimberly S Kelly, Alice P Carter, Charles A Guarnaccia |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 2, no 1, Spring 1996 |
| Pages | pp 29-38 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Living in the community ; Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Stress ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This US study used a sample of 88 community-dwelling women, aged 60 to 93 years, to evaluate effects of life stressors and psychosocial resources on physical and psychological health and on immune function as measured by Epstein-Barr viral capsid antigen (EBV) antibody titers. Variables significantly correlated with physical symptomatology were daily stressors, internal health locus of control, extroversion, coping by seeking social support, and indirect coping strategies (i.e., avoidance, wishful thinking, and self-blame). Variables significantly correlated with psychological symptomatology were indirect coping, seeking social support, and extroversion. Social support given and received, and indirect coping were variables significantly correlated with EBV antibody titers. Results indicate that psychosocial resources may modulate effects of stress on health and immune function in older active women. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980514207 A |
| Classmark | BD: K4: CC: D: QNH: 7T |
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