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Brosschot et al.'s (2006) model of PC and health extended to include additional pathways to illness via health behaviors (represented by dashed lines). PC may mediate the negative effects of stressors on health behaviors that will influence the pathogenic state (pathway #1). PC may also influence health behaviors through its effects on the prolonged stress response (pathway #2) and health behaviors may also have a bi-directional influence on the prolonged stress response (pathway #3).
