Personality and Constitution as Mediators in the Stress-Illness Relationship

Kobasa, Suzanne C.; Maddi, Salvatore R.; Courington, Sheila

doi:10.2307/2136678

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“…Several studies have shown that hardiness plays an active role in protecting individuals from stress (Kobasa, 1979(Kobasa, , 1982Kobasa et al, 1981). In the study by Dillon and Totten (1989), reviewed above, hardiness was not related to s-IgA concentration or to upper respiratory tract infection.…”

Section: Hardinessmentioning

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Psychosocial Factors and Secretory Immunoglobulin A

Valdimarsdottir

Stone

1997

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine

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This review focuses on studies that have examined the relation between psychosocial factors and secretory immunoglobulin A (s-IgA). Several studies have examined the relation between s-IgA and stressful circumstances ranging from major life events to minor daily events. The findings from these studies were often contradictory, since different experimenters reported different stress-related changes in s-IgA. The effects of stress reduction interventions, such as relaxation and imagery, on s-lgA levels have also been examined. Although these studies indicate that various interventions are associated with increases in s-lgA levels, methodological refinements are needed before more definitive conclusions can be made. The possibility that the relation between stress and s-IgA may be moderated by personality characteristics or mediated by psychological distress was supported in some studies. The review concludes with suggestions for future research.

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Section: Hardinessmentioning

confidence: 98%

Psychosocial Factors and Secretory Immunoglobulin A

Valdimarsdottir

Stone

1997

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine

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“…35, 64, 67, 146, 176) suggest a rather impressive accumulation of evidence. However, a closer examination reveals a most disturbing trend: prospective longitudinal studies, particularly those that involve careful statistical adjust ments for necessary covariates, including prior symptoms or health status, have tended to yield negative findings, showing no effect of stressful life events (e. g. 9,54,55,112,125,151,187). Thus a much more careful reading of the literature will be needed to isolate the trustworthy and replicable findings.…”

Section: Stressful Life Eventsmentioning

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Stress and Health

Kasl¹

1984

Annu. Rev. Public Health

120

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“…maintain (or regain) stability when faced with stressors or adversities 4,5 . Theoreticians on the hardiness construct tend to conceptualize it as a personality dimension composed of the confluence of three facets: control, commitment and challenge 6 .…”

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Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Dispositional Resilience Scale among Brazilian adult patients

Solano

Bracher²,

Faisal-Cury

et al. 2016

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Objective Verifying the psychometrics of a Brazilian version of the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15). Methods Cross-cultural adaptation was done interviewing 65 adult patients. Validation was evaluated by application of the Lipp Brazilian Stress Symptoms Inventory (ISSL), Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ), and other measures to 575 participants from the psychiatric ambulatories (for borderline personality, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorders) and non-psychiatric ambulatories (chronic pain, pre-anesthetic consultation and companions for the latter). Temporal stability was verified with 123 participants. Results Exploratory factor analysis yielded a three-factor solution. Psychometrics were acceptable (alpha coefficient, 0.71; intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.81). Correlations with the ISSL, SRQ and other measures were noted except for factor 3. In the psychiatric sample, hardiness scores of borderline patients were lower than those of patients with anxiety disorders. Conclusion This version of the DRS-15 exhibited good reliability in a sample of Brazilian patients; validity was confirmed in two of the scale factors.

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Personality and Constitution as Mediators in the Stress-Illness Relationship

Cited by 461 publications

References 19 publications

Psychosocial Factors and Secretory Immunoglobulin A

Psychosocial Factors and Secretory Immunoglobulin A

Stress and Health

Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Dispositional Resilience Scale among Brazilian adult patients

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