Sociability and susceptibility to the common cold
Sociability and susceptibility to the common cold
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-9280.01452
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发表时间：
2003-09-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Skoner, DP
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作者：
Cohen, S;Doyle, WJ;Skoner, DP
有相当多的证据表明，社会关系可以影响健康，但只有有限的证据表明，人格特征对健康的影响被认为是塑造人们的社会生活。我们询问社交能力是否预示着对传染病的抵抗力，以及这种关系是否归因于社会互动和关系的质量和数量。334名志愿者完成了评估他们的社交能力、社交网络和社会支持的问卷，以及评估日常互动的6次晚间访谈。他们随后接触到一种导致普通感冒的病毒，并受到监测，以确定谁患上了可证实的疾病。社交能力的增加与患感冒的可能性降低呈线性关系。虽然社交能力与更多和更高质量的社会互动有关，但它独立于这些变量预测疾病易感性。社交能力和疾病之间的关联也独立于基线免疫力（病毒特异性抗体），人口统计学，情绪风格，应激激素和健康实践。
There is considerable evidence that social relationships can influence health, but only limited evidence on the health effects of the personality characteristics that are thought to mold people's social lives. We asked whether sociability predicts resistance to infectious disease and whether this relationship is attributable to the quality and quantity of social interactions and relationships. Three hundred thirty-four volunteers completed questionnaires assessing their sociability, social networks, and social supports, and six evening interviews assessing daily interactions. They were subsequently exposed to a virus that causes a common cold and monitored to see who developed verifiable illness. Increased sociability was associated in a linear fashion with a decreased probability of developing a cold. Although sociability was associated with more and higher-quality social interactions, it predicted disease susceptibility independently of these variables. The association between sociability and disease was also independent of baseline immunity (virus-specific antibody), demographics, emotional styles, stress hormones, and health practices.