title: Hope and other deterrents to illness.
abstract: Animal and human research have demonstrated that events during early development influence vulnerability to physical and mental illness. In addition, the effectiveness of the coping methods used to deal with the problems of living can affect susceptibility to illness. The intervening mechanisms between stressful life experiences and illness appear to involve physiological homeostasis and immune competence.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009042:Motivation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012306:Risk; D012803:Sick Role; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment