Mood States Associated With Transitory Changes in Asthma Symptoms and Peak Expiratory Flow
Glenn Affleck, PhD,
Andrea Apter, MD,
Howard Tennen, PhD,
Susan Reisine, PhD,
Erik Barrows, BA,
Alice Willard, RN, BSN,
Jennifer Unger, BA and
Richard ZuWallack, MD
From the Departments of Community Medicine (G.A., H.T., J.U.) and Behavioral Sciences and Community Health (S.R.) and the General Clinical Research Center (E.B., A.W.), University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut; Section of Allergy and Immunology (A.A.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Department of Medicine (R.Z-W.), St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut.

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Fig. 1. Mood circumplex octants and adjectives used for measurement.
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