Positive affect and health-related neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and inflammatory processes Export

@article{citeulike:3396443, abstract = {10.1073/pnas.0409174102 Negative affective states such as depression are associated with premature mortality and increased risk of coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and disability. It has been suggested that positive affective states are protective, but the pathways through which such effects might be mediated are poorly understood. Here we show that positive affect in middle-aged men and women is associated with reduced neuroendocrine, inflammatory, and cardiovascular activity. Positive affect was assessed by aggregating momentary experience samples of happiness over a working day and was inversely related to cortisol output over the day, independently of age, gender, socioeconomic position, body mass, and smoking. Similar patterns were observed on a leisure day. Happiness was also inversely related to heart rate assessed by using ambulatory monitoring methods over the day. Participants underwent mental stress testing in the laboratory, where plasma fibrinogen stress responses were smaller in happier individuals. These effects were independent of psychological distress, supporting the notion that positive well-being is directly related to health-relevant biological processes.}, author = {Steptoe, Andrew and Wardle, Jane and Marmot, Michael}, citeulike-article-id = {3396443}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0409174102}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/102/18/6508.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/102/18/6508.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15840727}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15840727}, day = {3}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0409174102}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, keywords = {affect, cardiovascular, cortisol, cvd, positive, psychoneuroendocrinology, ses, stress}, month = {May}, number = {18}, pages = {6508--6512}, posted-at = {2008-10-11 15:03:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Positive affect and health-related neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and inflammatory processes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0409174102}, volume = {102}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3396443 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3396443 N2 - 10.1073/pnas.0409174102 Negative affective states such as depression are associated with premature mortality and increased risk of coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and disability. It has been suggested that positive affective states are protective, but the pathways through which such effects might be mediated are poorly understood. Here we show that positive affect in middle-aged men and women is associated with reduced neuroendocrine, inflammatory, and cardiovascular activity. Positive affect was assessed by aggregating momentary experience samples of happiness over a working day and was inversely related to cortisol output over the day, independently of age, gender, socioeconomic position, body mass, and smoking. Similar patterns were observed on a leisure day. Happiness was also inversely related to heart rate assessed by using ambulatory monitoring methods over the day. Participants underwent mental stress testing in the laboratory, where plasma fibrinogen stress responses were smaller in happier individuals. These effects were independent of psychological distress, supporting the notion that positive well-being is directly related to health-relevant biological processes. IS - 18 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America EP - 6512 TI - Positive affect and health-related neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and inflammatory processes VL - 102 SP - 6508 KW - affect KW - cardiovascular KW - cortisol KW - cvd KW - positive KW - psychoneuroendocrinology KW - ses KW - stress AU - Steptoe, Andrew AU - Wardle, Jane AU - Marmot, Michael PY - 2005/05/03/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0409174102 ER -