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2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

The Interplay between Emotional Well-Being, Social Support, and Upper Respiratory Illness Severity: Evidence of Ethnic Differences

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Cameron Wiley
    University of California, Irvine
  • Darcianne Watanabe
    University of California - Irvine (School of Social Ecology)
  • Barbara Adade
    University of California, Irvine
  • Vida Pourmand
    University of California, Irvine
  • DeWayne Williams
    University of California, Irvine

Abstract

We examined if emotional and social well-being were differentially related to illness severity between 271 African (AA) and 700 European Americans (EA) across several viral exposure studies. Positive affect, psychological well-being, and interpersonal support significantly predicted lower illness severity in EAs, but only positive affect predicted lower severity in AAs.

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