Relations of the Arabic Type a Behavior Scale With Measures of Optimism and Pessimism

Potential influence of Type A personality on plasma C-reactive protein levels in people with diabetes

“…Thus, the present results are not at odds with previous results linking hostility with chronic low-grade inflammation [25]. As regards other personality constructs, Type A is not associated with neuroticism [26], which has been linked to increased inflammation [6,7], but correlates positively with optimism [27] and conscientiousness [26], both associated with lower levels of inflammation [6,7,10]. More specifically, optimism has been associated with non-hostile components of Type A (such as those measured in our present study), whereas pessimism has been associated with hostile components of Type A [27].…”