DEFENSIVENESS, TRAIT ANXIETY, AND EPSTEIN-BARR VIRAL CAPSID ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY TITERS IN HEALTHY COLLEGE-STUDENTS
DEFENSIVENESS, TRAIT ANXIETY, AND EPSTEIN-BARR VIRAL CAPSID ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY TITERS IN HEALTHY COLLEGE-STUDENTS
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DOI:
10.1037/0278-6133.12.2.132
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发表时间:
1993-03-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
SCHNEIDERMAN, N
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作者:
ESTERLING, BA;ANTONI, MH;SCHNEIDERMAN, N
The relationship of individual differences in repressive coping styles with differences in antibody titer to Epstein-Barr viral capsid antigen (EBV-VCA) were investigated in a normal, healthy college population made up of people previously exposed to EBV. Each of 54 1st-year undergraduates completed a battery of physical-status questions and items pertaining to potential behavioral immunomodulatory confounds, along with the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (T-MAS) and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MC-SDS). Ss reporting high and middle levels of anxiety had higher antibody titers to EBV, suggesting poorer immune control over the latent virus, as compared with the low-anxious group. Similarly, high-defensive Ss had higher antibody titers than their low-defensive counterparts, and neither group differed from the middle group.