Type A personality and mortality: Competitiveness but not speed is associated with increased risk

Lohse, Tina; Rohrmann, Sabine; Richard, Aline; Bopp, Matthias; Faeh, David

doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.04.016

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“…Thus, this result should be interpreted with caution. One possible explanation is that the CD-RISC (particularly items with strong loadings on our “grit” factor) is also sensitive to personality characteristics (e.g., competitiveness) that have been shown to increase cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk (Lohse et al, 2017). …”

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Clinical correlates of resilience factors in geriatric depression

Laird¹,

Lavretsky²,

Paholpak

et al. 2018

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Clinical correlates of resilience factors in geriatric depression

Laird¹,

Lavretsky²,

Paholpak

et al. 2018

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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“…The desire to be excellent coupled with a competitive learning environment engages the classic “Type A” medical students in learning behavior that may be detrimental to psychological health. Type A behavior pattern is defined by Lohse et al 33 as an action–emotion complex, with individuals characterized by ambition, display of highly competitive attitudes toward achievement, and feeling compelled to “work harder than Type B individuals to accomplish tasks, regardless of external stressors”. 34 They are said to have an exaggerated sense of urgency with regard to time, preferring to spend it on things they deem as priorities, and possibly becoming aggressive, hostile, or impatient in frustrating situations.…”

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Depression in medical students: current insights

Moir

Yielder

Sanson

et al. 2018

AMEP

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Medical students are exposed to multiple factors during their academic and clinical study that have been shown to contribute to high levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. The purpose of this article was to explore the issue of depression in the medical student population, including prevalence, causes, and key issues, along with suggestions for early identification and support from one medical school in New Zealand. After establishing that the prevalence of depression is higher for medical students than the general population, the key issues explored include assessment used in the program, characteristics of the student population (such as Type A personality and perfectionism), resilience, selection procedures, students’ motivation, and the nature of the clinical environment. This review includes several recommendations to improve students’ psychological health such as positioning well-being within an overarching comprehensive workplace wellness model and integrating peer and faculty-led support into the day-to-day running of the institution. It also highlights the advantages of the addition of a well-being curriculum, as skills to prevent and manage distress and depression are relevant in supporting the competencies required by medical practitioners. It concludes that medical schools need wide-ranging strategies to address the complexities associated with the particular student population attracted to medicine and calls for educators to act, by noticing opportunities where they can introduce such initiatives into their medical programs.

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“…IHD indicates ischemic heart disease; S&G, sex and gender. *References 24, 26, 27,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] 42, 43,[45][46][47][48][49][50] 52,[54][55][56][57][59][60][61][62][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72] 74, 75, 77, 78,[80][81][82][83][84]…”

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Sex‐ and Gender‐Stratified Risks of Psychological Factors for Incident Ischemic Heart Disease: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Smaardijk

Lodder

Kop

et al. 2019

JAHA

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Background Psychological factors are associated with an increased risk of developing ischemic heart disease ( IHD ). Women more often report psychological factors, and sex and gender differences are present in IHD . In this meta‐analysis we examine the risks of psychological factors for IHD incidence in women and men. We hypothesize that a broad range of psychological factors are related to a higher risk for incident IHD , with a higher risk for women. Methods and Results PubMed, EMBASE , and Psyc INFO were searched for studies assessing the risk between psychological factors and incident IHD . Psychological factors included depression, anxiety or panic disorder, social support, hostility, anger, personality (type D), type A behavior pattern, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychological distress. In the primary analyses, 62 studies (77 separate reports) that included 2 145 679 women and 3 119 879 men and reported confounder‐adjusted hazard ratios or relative risks were included. Pooled effect confounder‐adjusted estimates from random‐effects models showed that psychological factors (all combined) were associated with incident IHD in women (hazard ratio: 1.22; 95% CI , 1.14–1.30) and men (hazard ratio: 1.25; 95% CI , 1.19–1.31). No sex and gender differences were found for these pooled effect estimates ( P =0.547). Conclusions Psychological factors are associated with incident IHD in both women and men, but no significant differences were observed between women and men. IHD is predominantly being studied as obstructive coronary artery disease, which is more prevalent in men. Data are needed on psychological predictors and other manifestations of IHD such as coronary microvascular disease, which is more common in women.

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Type A personality and mortality: Competitiveness but not speed is associated with increased risk

Cited by 29 publications

References 42 publications

Clinical correlates of resilience factors in geriatric depression

Clinical correlates of resilience factors in geriatric depression

Depression in medical students: current insights

Sex‐ and Gender‐Stratified Risks of Psychological Factors for Incident Ischemic Heart Disease: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

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