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The Effects Of Laboratory-Induced Mood On Secretory Immunoglobulin A In Saliva, Susan Strum Dubitsky
The Effects Of Laboratory-Induced Mood On Secretory Immunoglobulin A In Saliva, Susan Strum Dubitsky
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The effects of induced mood on secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) were tested on 104 students (51 men & 53 women) using a mixed design with between subject factors of gender, induced mood (positive vs. negative), method of induction (writing about oneself vs. viewing a video), and a within subject factor, time (baseline vs. posttest). A split-plot multivariate analysis of covariance, controlling for salivary flow rate, did not support a causal link between induced mood alone and change in SIgA concentration. The effect of induced mood on blood pressure and heart rate was also examined. There were no significant main effects, …