01729nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002600118653002900144653001100173653001100184653001600195100002600211700002600237245009200263300001200355490000600367520111000373022001401483020001401497       2000                            d  c07/2000bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aPsychoneuroimmunology10aCellular immune response10aStress10aCoping10aPersonality1 aAdela Fusté-Escolano1 aJosé Ruiz-Rodríguez00aRelationship between immune cell response, self-perceived stress, and coping strategies  a169-1890 v63 aThe main aim of this exploratory study is to scrutinize the relationship between biologically- based personality dimensions, mood as selfperception of a state of arousal, coping strategies, and cellular immune response measured by a delayed hypersensitivity skin test. Several questionnaires for testing their basic personality features, their coping strategies, and their self-perceived state of arousal were administered to a sample of 23 students. The magnitude of the inflammarory triggered by Dinitroclorobenzene was also registered as well. Results show a lack of relationship between personality dimensions and inflammatory response. In addition, there is a negative relationship between coping strategies, as “seeking social support” and “planning a response”, and the degree of swelling of the inflammatory response. These results would be interpreted in terms of a better control of inflammatory mechanisms by non-immunological processes. Such results may open future pathways for new researches in other to a better study of the relationship between coping strategies and immune system.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437