The structured interview and questionnaire methods of assessing coronary-prone behavior in male and female college students

Abstract

Several self-report measures of type A behavior were compared with the Rosenman and Friedman structured interview method of assessment in male and female college students. The student version of the Jenkins Activity Survey was found to correlate relatively weakly with the interview for both males and females, while scales derived from the Gough and Thurstone inventories showed moderate correlations with interview typing for both sexes. A brief scale derived from a recent reanalysis of the Framingham study correlated with the interview appreciably greater for females than for males. In all, these data suggest the need for caution in using only paper-and-pencil tests to assess type A behavior.

The Influence of Beta Blockers on Cardiovascular Reactivity and Type A Behavior Pattern in Hypertensives1

“…However, after therapy, the group treated with beta-blocking agents exhibited less Type A behavior than patients in the control group treated with diuretics. This effect was most pronounced in the first three stylistics which contribute most of the global Type A score, and are higly correlated with the Type A score (30). A similar result is reported for monkeys in which animals treated with beta blockers became less aggressive, less anxious, and increased positive social contacts [31).…”

Type A Behavior, Self-Involvement, and Coronary Atherosclerosis

“…The five point scale is the same as the Gough scale. McDougal et al (22) found these measures of behavior type to correlate better with the structured interview than the JAS. In the section of results (below) the structured interview assessments will be referred to as Type A SI , the Gough assessments as Type A G , and the Thurstone Activity Survey assessments as Type A T .…”

Type A Behavior and Daily Living Activity among Older Minority Women

“…30 The activity subscale of the Thurstone Temperament Schedule has been found to correlate with the structured interview, 31 which is seen as the benchmark for assessment of the type A behavior pattern. [32][33][34] It has also been found to correlate with CHD. 35 It shows a high test-retest correlation over a span of many years and has evidenced the highest test-retest correlation among a variety of TABP self-report questionnaires.…”