PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Asthma, Cardiovascular Disease, Somatic Symptom Disorder
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Enjoy interacting w/ ppl, enthusiastic, talkative, full of energy. Value getting along w/ others, willing to compromise, optimistic view of human nature, trusting, helpful. Tendency to experience neg. emotions like anger, anxiety, depression. Interlinked w/ low tolerance for stress or aversive stimuli. Large assoc. w/ neuroticism & mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform d, schizo, and eating d. Persons w/ high levels of n are at high risk for having the most serious, impairing and costly mental health probs. High n 38% greater mortality among adults 65+ controlling for age, diabetic status, blood level, and conscientiousness. N is related w/ quality of life- duh. 50-60% of variance in n is attributable to genetic factors. Most likely due to polymorphisms of genes assoc. w/ serotonin transportation in the brain. Maybe stress isn"t an outside factor but rather high n leads to stressful life circumstances which can lead to anxiety.
