Open AccessPositive and Negative Affect and Salivary Markers of Inflammation Among Young Adults
Author(s) -
Danica C. Slavish,
Dusti R. Jones,
Joshua M. Smyth,
Sunmi Song,
Nolan M. McCormick,
Jennifer E. GrahamEngeland
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of behavioral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1532-7558
pISSN - 1070-5503
DOI - 10.1007/s12529-019-09795-2
Subject(s) - saliva , evening , affect (linguistics) , morning , medicine , body mass index , young adult , c reactive protein , inflammation , demography , physiology , psychology , physics , communication , astronomy , sociology
Emerging evidence suggests that higher circulating levels of inflammatory biomarkers in blood are associated with higher negative affect (NA) and lower positive affect (PA). To our knowledge, the unique associations between NA and PA in daily life and salivary biomarkers of inflammation have not been examined. This study examined these associations in young adults.