Poetry writing and secretory immunoglobulin A.

Full Abstract

17 healthy students provided saliva samples for Immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) assay before and after sessions of either writing poetry or reading magazines (control). Levels of s-IgA increased after the poetry-writing sessions but not after reading.

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Author information

Author/s: Lowe, Geoff (G); Beckett, Joanne (J); Lowe, Gillian (G);

Affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Hull, UK. G.Lowe(-atsign-)hull.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Psychological reports (Psychol Rep), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jun; vol 92 (issue 3 Pt 1) : pp 847-8

Dates: Created 2003/07/04; Completed 2003/08/15; Revised 2008/11/21;

PMID: 12841454, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Emotions - physiology
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin A, Secretory - metabolism
Male

Poetry as Topic
Reading
Saliva - immunology
Self Disclosure
Thinking - physiology
Writing

Associated Chemicals: Immunoglobulin A, Secretory (0)

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