… We reported a series of studies demonstrating the association between psychological
stress and increased risk for the common cold and influenza (also see reviews of broader …

… common conceptual framework for psychological risk factors for susceptibility to the common
cold … that physical or mental exhaustion made the person more susceptible to disease. Vets …

… Using data from Pittsburgh Cold Study 3 of the Common Cold … , to predict risk for developing
a cold following viral exposure. We … and susceptibility to developing the common cold in …

… This chapter puts behavioral medicine in context of one of the most common health problems,
the common cold. After describing the opening case, the chapter reviews the incidence, …

… or as a means of increasing susceptibility to infection … may influence susceptibility to infection
and common cold although … incidence and susceptibility to common cold are summarised …

… between optimism, the psychological perception of common cold symptoms, and the immune
response to URTIs caused by RV. Considering that a common cold lasts more than one …

… However, by adjusting for emotional stability (neuroticism) and psychological stress, we
eliminated two of the most likely contributors to reporting bias that might account for our findings …

… susceptibility to the common cold. There are several explanations for this observation. In
general, educational attainment, while easily reported on, serves as a fairly crude measure of …

… is to examine whether psychosocial stress during the perinatal period, defined as pregnancy
and the first 6 months after birth, influences the risk of common infectious diseases in later …

… The primary outcome for this project was the development of a common cold. An individual’s
cold status was determined based on both evidence of viral infection and sufficiently severe …