Type A Behavior: Assessment and Intervention

Chesney, Margaret A.; Eagleston, Jean R.; Rosenman, Ray H.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-565960-4.50007-2

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“…This, together with cross-cultural confirmations (10), has endowed it with good construct validity (14). Several self-report scales, notably the Jenkins Activity Survey (15), the Bortner Scale (16), the Framingham Scale (17), and the Vickers Scale (18) have been developed as alternatives to the SI; scales from existing psychometric inventories have been examined, either to establish independent relationships between "personality" and CHD or as validating criteria for the more specific measures of the TABP (14,19).…”

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“…Considerable epidemiologic support for a causal association between the Type A behavior pattern (TABP] and both coronary atherosclerosis (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) and coronary heart disease (CHD) (6)(7)(8) has increasingly focused attention on the formulation of appropriate intervention strategies, both behavioral (9,10) and pharmacologic (11). In turn, methodology for the assessment of the TABP has come under close scrutiny.…”

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Consistency and Variation Among Instruments Purporting to Measure the Type A Behavior Pattern

Schiller

et al. 1985

Psychosomatic Medicine

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A variety of instruments have been developed to measure the Type A behavior pattern (TABP), although concern has often been expressed that no single measure captures the complete range of attributes encompassed by the notion of the TABP. This paper presents data using a broad range of these instruments applied to a large sample of men at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The data indicate considerable variation in strengths of association between measures of the TABP, and recommend three conclusions. Firstly, the TABP is a complex phenomenon and not a unitary one. Secondly, self-report measures of the TABP assess only parts of the overall behavior pattern, and this varies from one instrument to another. Thirdly, the Structured Interview (SI), insofar as it relates modestly and consistently to other instruments, remains the first measure of choice for the TABP. The need to develop new measures, however, seems strongly indicated.

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Consistency and Variation Among Instruments Purporting to Measure the Type A Behavior Pattern

Schiller

et al. 1985

Psychosomatic Medicine

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“…Results of the Western Collaborative Group Study indicated that the JAS and SI procedures for measuring the Type A pattern do not always identify the same diseased individuals (14,21,23,24). The two procedures may, therefore, be measuring slightly different aspects of coronary susceptibility.…”

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The Type A Behavior Pattern and Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis

Stevens¹,

Turner²,

Rhodewalt³

et al. 1984

Psychosomatic Medicine

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The Type A behavior pattern has been identified as an important precursor of coronary atherosclerosis. However, atherosclerosis is a disease process that occurs throughout the arterial system. The present research examined the hypothesis that the Type A pattern may also be related to disease in other arteries such as the carotid arteries. Men (n = 21) and women (n = 23) from 40 to 65 years of age were examined for carotid artery atherosclerosis using doppler ultrasonography. Subjects also completed the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) to measure the Type A pattern. The results indicated that the diseased individuals were more likely to be classified as Type A (71%) than as Type B (29%), Z = 2.08, p less than 0.05. The nondiseased individuals were not more likely to be Type A (53%) than Type B (47%). The results are consistent with the hypothesis that atherosclerosis in Type A individuals is not limited to the coronary arteries but the disease is likely to occur throughout the arterial system.

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“…Structured Interview: Each subject received the SI [23,24] con ducted by a psychologist (O.B.) who had attended a training course held by Dr. Ray Rosenman.…”

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Neuroticism and Type A Behavior Pattern in Healthy Italian Blue-Collar Workers

Sanavio

Bertolotti

Vidotto

et al. 1996

Psychother Psychosom

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Background: Even if type A behavior pattern is not a typical pattern of specific social class, in Italy no research study has been conducted on blue-collar workers. In the present study we sought to identify differences in the psychological profiles of type A and non-type A Italian blue-collar subjects. Methods: Seventy-three healthy male blue-collar workers, aged 35-59 years, completed the CBA-2.0 Primary Scales (a battery of standardized questionnaires) and the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS). Following the Structured Interview each subject was classified as type A1 A2, X, or B. In the present study, type X and B subjects were considered within the group referred to as type ‘non-A’. Results: The analysis of variance showed that the A1 subjects had higher neuroticism scores than the A2 and non-A subjects but revealed no differences in extraversion, anxiety, depression, obsession-compulsion scores. In the JAS only the ‘speed and impatience’ scale differentiated the three groups: the highest scores being obtained by the A1 subjects. Among the JAS scales, only correlations (Pearson) between speed and impatience, trait anxiety and neuroticism were found. Conclusion: In our Italian blue-collar sample, type A1 seems to define a subject with high neuroticism score. Finally, our results do not recommend the use of the JAS in Italy for measuring the type A behavior pattern.

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Type A Behavior: Assessment and Intervention

Cited by 18 publications

References 48 publications

Consistency and Variation Among Instruments Purporting to Measure the Type A Behavior Pattern

Consistency and Variation Among Instruments Purporting to Measure the Type A Behavior Pattern

The Type A Behavior Pattern and Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis

Neuroticism and Type A Behavior Pattern in Healthy Italian Blue-Collar Workers

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