The need for Power,sympathetic activation,and illness

This paper provides a brief summary of a number of recent research reports indicating thatn Power, if it is inhibited or stressed, is associated with high blood pressure and with the frequency and severity of infectious diseases. Other motive/stress or inhibition combinations failed to show these relationships. Blockedn Power apparently leads to chronic sympathetic activation, which, over time, results in high blood pressure and which increases epinephrine output that interferes with lymphocyte function, weakening the body's immune defenses against infectious diseases. On the other hand,n Power that is expressed successfully and rewarded may lead to better adaptation.