Control theory and Type A behaviour*

Perloff, Linda S.; Yarnold, Paul R.; Fetzer, Barbara K.

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1988.tb02798.x

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“…Only in women was the an ticipated inverse correlation found between type A rating and strength of belief in health control by 'powerful others' (table 2). Among healthy college students, a strong association has been reported between 'internal' health locus of control and JAS type A ratings [14], However, this association is likely to be heavily influenced by having a chronic illness. The observed differences between men and women are not surprising, because there is no a priori reason to assume that the similar rela tionships hold for both sexes between behav ioural or psychosocial factors and glycaemic control or other measures of adherence.…”

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Type A Behaviour Pattern and Glycaemic Control in Type I Diabetes

Sensky

Petty²

1989

Psychother Psychosom

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People who exhibit the type A behaviour pattern have different approaches to problems compared with their non-type A counterparts. On the basis of published work on such differences, a number of predictions were tested in 85 outpatients with type I diabetes. Contrary to expectations, no differences were observed in glycaemic control between type A and non-type A diabetics of either sex. However, dividing type A diabetics according to their health locus of control beliefs yielded significantly different groups in terms of glycaemic control.

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confidence: 99%