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Emotions and Stress Increase Respiratory Resistance in Asthma

Thomas Ritz, PhD, Andrew Steptoe, PhD, Stephen DeWilde, MRCGP and Marco Costa, MSc

From the Departments of Psychology (T.R., A.S.) and General Practice (S.D.), St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, London, United Kingdom; and the Department of Psychology (M.C.), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.



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  		Fig. 1. Effects of emotional film sequences on Ros, SCL, and self-reported arousal in asthmatic and nonasthmatic patients.

 


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  		Fig. 2. Effects of active vs. passive coping tasks on selected physiological and self-reported measures in asthmatic and nonasthmatic patients.

 




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