Table 2.1.
The Relationship Between Negative Affect and Disease:
Conclusions from 28 Papers on Affect and Disease
(adapted from Ley and Freeman, 1984, p. 57).

 


Disease   Affective State
Cancer  Depression
Cancer Loss of hope
Leukemia Depression, anxiety
Leukemia  Loss of significant other
Neoplasm  Hopelessness, despair
Cancer   Self-directed aggression
Cancer  Depression
Cancer  Hopelessness
Cancer  Hopelessness
Cancer  Depression, hostility
Lung cancer  Rigidity, repression, hostility, despair
Cancer  Decreased depression
Cancer  Lethargy, depression
Cancer  Affective disorder
Cancer  Affective disorder
Cancer  Affective disorder
Cancer  Repression of anger
‘Physical illness’  Depression
Pernicious anemia  Depression
Hay fever  Helplessness
Asthma  Helplessness
Tuberculosis  Poor coping with stress
Coronary heart disease  High and frustrated aspiration
Coronary bypass, mortality  Hopelessness, depression
Psychosomatic illness  Hostility, depression, frustration, anxiety, helplessness
Various illnesses  Helplessness, hopelessness