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Self-regulatory cognition and immune reactivity: idiographic success and failure feedback effects on the natural killer cell.

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Strauman, TJ; Woods, TE; Schneider, KL; Kwapil, L; Coe, CL
Published in: Brain, behavior, and immunity
November 2004

Inducing depressed and anxious individuals to write about their personal goals decreases natural killer (NK) cell activity, revealing a psychobiological pathway whereby experiences of failure can influence health (Strauman et al., 1993). However, it is unclear whether similar effects also occur in non-distressed individuals. This study used the same writing task to examine the acute physiological effects of presenting idiographic success and failure feedback by priming self-congruencies or self-discrepancies on three occasions (including a control condition). Blood samples were collected after each writing session to determine NK activity, and the number and type of lymphocytes in circulation were enumerated to help explain the cytolytic changes. The two self-relevant priming conditions were associated with significant alterations in immunity, and the high self-discrepant participants were more responsive. Both self-congruent (success) and self-discrepant (failure) priming induced significant shifts in mood, which partially mediated immune alterations but did not account for them completely. If repeated and sustained over time, incidental activation of self-discrepancies and self-congruencies could account for individual variation in immune responses.

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Brain, behavior, and immunity

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1090-2139

ISSN

0889-1591

Publication Date

November 2004

Volume

18

Issue

6

Start / End Page

544 / 554

Related Subject Headings

  • Verbal Behavior
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Self Concept
  • Reference Values
  • Psychoneuroimmunology
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Killer Cells, Natural
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Strauman, T. J., Woods, T. E., Schneider, K. L., Kwapil, L., & Coe, C. L. (2004). Self-regulatory cognition and immune reactivity: idiographic success and failure feedback effects on the natural killer cell. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 18(6), 544–554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2004.01.003
Strauman, Timothy J., Teresa E. Woods, Kristin L. Schneider, Lori Kwapil, and Christopher L. Coe. “Self-regulatory cognition and immune reactivity: idiographic success and failure feedback effects on the natural killer cell.Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 18, no. 6 (November 2004): 544–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2004.01.003.
Strauman TJ, Woods TE, Schneider KL, Kwapil L, Coe CL. Self-regulatory cognition and immune reactivity: idiographic success and failure feedback effects on the natural killer cell. Brain, behavior, and immunity. 2004 Nov;18(6):544–54.
Strauman, Timothy J., et al. “Self-regulatory cognition and immune reactivity: idiographic success and failure feedback effects on the natural killer cell.Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, vol. 18, no. 6, Nov. 2004, pp. 544–54. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2004.01.003.
Strauman TJ, Woods TE, Schneider KL, Kwapil L, Coe CL. Self-regulatory cognition and immune reactivity: idiographic success and failure feedback effects on the natural killer cell. Brain, behavior, and immunity. 2004 Nov;18(6):544–554.
Journal cover image

Published In

Brain, behavior, and immunity

DOI

EISSN

1090-2139

ISSN

0889-1591

Publication Date

November 2004

Volume

18

Issue

6

Start / End Page

544 / 554

Related Subject Headings

  • Verbal Behavior
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Self Concept
  • Reference Values
  • Psychoneuroimmunology
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Killer Cells, Natural
  • Humans
  • Female