Zachariae R, Kristensen J S, Hokland P, Ellegaard J, Metze E, Hokland M
Institute of Psychology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Psychother Psychosom. 1990;54(1):32-9. doi: 10.1159/000288374.
The present study measured the effects of relaxation and guided imagery on cellular immune function. During a period of 10 days 10 healthy subjects were given one 1-hour relaxation procedure and one combined relaxation and guided imagery procedure, instructing the subjects to imagine their immune system becoming very effective. Even though no major changes in the composition of the major mononuclear leukocyte subsets could be demonstrated a significant increase in natural killer function was demonstrated. These data suggest that relaxation and guided imagery might have a beneficial effect on the immune defense and could form the basis of further studies on psychological intervention and immunological status.
本研究测量了放松和引导式意象对细胞免疫功能的影响。在10天的时间里,10名健康受试者接受了一次1小时的放松程序和一次放松与引导式意象相结合的程序,指导受试者想象他们的免疫系统变得非常有效。尽管主要单核白细胞亚群的组成没有显示出重大变化,但自然杀伤功能有显著增加。这些数据表明,放松和引导式意象可能对免疫防御有有益影响,并可为进一步研究心理干预和免疫状态奠定基础。