title: Emotions, personality, and health: introduction to the special issue.
abstract: Our intent in this introduction to the special issue on Emotions, Personality, and Health is to alert readers to the logic underlying the editors' choices of topics for the issue and to provide a brief summary of its contents. We discuss how the 10 articles fit together to provide a mosaic of diverse approaches to the study of emotion. Collectively, these articles show ways that emotion research may be integrated with personality theory to inform us about the psychological dimensions of health and illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, P. O. Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA. Alex.Zautra@asu.edu
authors.forename: Alex J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Zautra
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Bruce W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009488:Neurosciences; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept