Friedman & Booth-Kewley's meta-analysis on personality and various diseases found that
A) there is no evidence for a "disease prone" personality.
B) depression is related to arthritis, but not to other diseases.
C) anxiety is related to asthma and ulcers, but not heart disease.
D) depression is related to cancer, but not to other illnesses.
E) there seems to be a generic "disease prone" personality.
E
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