01:830:377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Weight Watchers, James W. Pennebaker, Sunscreen
1 Mar 2018
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Costa & mccrae: used men to predict heart disease, compare 2 and 3, 3 subjective only higher in neuroticism, 2 objective only, neuroticism does not predict, angina subjective, cad objective. Pennebaker and beall: trauma fact, trauma emotion: most important, trauma combo, writing about emotion has a better outcome. Sadness took longer to return to baseline; second is neutral. Contentment and amusement helped return to baseline faster. If people can find humor in stressful situations, it does(cid:374)"t affe(cid:272)t. Martin and dobbin does trait humor predict immune functioning a month after: coping humor, situational humor, difficult or awkward, as people have more hassles, it depends on their sense of humor. If people have a strong sense of humor, it does not really affect them. Lefcourt et al: gender difference in humor, female higher humor = lower bp, male higher humor = higher bp, tasks, structured interviewed, cold presser.
