Kiecolt-Glaser (1984)
Many of us have had our vacations ruined by colds and flu. We manage to get through all of the things that we have to do before vacation - major projects, oral presentations, and mock exams - only to find ourselves spending our holidays in bed with a fever, cough, and a general feeling of not being well. Is this just the gods punishing us for procrastination or can health psychology explain why this happens to us?...