HIV/AIDS
AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
ALLERGIES
Autoimmune Disorders
•Organ-specific
•Multiple Sclerosis
• Type I Diabetes
•Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
•Systemic
•Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus
•Rheumatoid arthritis
Gender and Immune Function
Women respond to antigens more
strongly than men
IMMUNE FUNCTION
DISEASE
APPRAISAL
IMMUNE
SUPPRESSION
RESPONSE
LIFESTYLE
STRESS AND DISEASE
HEADACHES
INFECTIONS
CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE
DIABETES
RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS
THE DISPOSITION FACTOR
DIATHESIS-STRESS MODEL
GENETIC FACTORS
PHYSICAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL
EXPOSURE
DEVELOPMENTAL
PERSONALITY
Hardiness
Optimism
Personality Factors: Hardiness
Hardiness
Cluster of stress-buffering traits
consisting
of commitment, challenge, control
Linked to lower levels of anxiety,
adaptive coping styles, and
adjustment to cancer,
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and
many other health problems
Hardy people are more likely to
engage in positive reappraisal of
stressful events
Personality: Optimism and Immune
Functioning (Segerstrom et al. 1998)
Examined law students
over the course of the first
semester of LS.
Took measures (T1 & T2)
of dispositional and
situational optimism &
pessimism
Drew blood at T1 & T2 to
measure numerous immune
parameters.
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
AGENT
Germ
Tobacco ENVIRONMENT
Life Events
Hassles
HOST Social Support
Diathesis Exposure Risk
Hardiness
Appraisal
DISEASE