Conclusion «The data suggest that increases in perceived control and decreases in negative
affectivity contributed to an increase in telomerase activity, with implications for telomere length and immune cell longevity», the researchers conclude cautiously.
Consistent with hypotheses, the interaction between AS and emotion dysregulation significantly predicted worry, catastrophic cognitions about bodily events, and anxious arousal symptoms above and beyond the respective main effects and negative
affectivity; though this interactive effect
contributed only 1 % of unique variance to each of these criterion variables.