Type a Behavior Pattern and Motor Vehicle Drivers' Behavior

1986 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 875-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony R. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Sense Of Time ◽  
Time Urgency ◽  
Activity Survey ◽  
Coronary Prone Behavior

2 major components of the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern are said to be a chronic sense of time urgency and impatience. The present study was done to determine whether these characteristics are associated with the driving performance of Type A individuals. 38 women and 32 men completed the Jenkins Activity Survey and a questionnaire concerning their driving. Those subjects exhibiting more Type A behavior tended to be more impatient, reported being involved in more accidents, and received more tickets for driving violations than those scoring lower on the Type A scale.

Convergent Validity of Self-Reported Type a Behavior Pattern of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 831-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Caracciolo ◽  
S. Molinari
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Check List ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Activity Survey ◽  
Coronary Prone Behavior

A number of instruments has been proposed purporting to measure the Type A Behavior Pattern and evidence suggests little agreement among the measures. In this paper data are presented on the convergent validity of three self-report measures, the Jenkins Activity Survey, Form C; the Adjective Check List, Type A Behavior Scale; and the Coronary-prone Behavior Attitudes scale. A consecutive series of 33 outpatients affected by angina pectoris from a cardiologic department were subjects. Treatment with beta-blockers led to exclusion of eight subjects so that final sample was of 25, whose mean age was 60.24 yr. Most were female (76%, n = 19) and blue collar workers (72%, n = 18). A significant correlation was shown between the scores of Jenkins Activity Survey and the other scales, except for Type A elements related to hard-driving attitudes and job situation. No correlation was found between scores on the Adjective Check List scale and on the Coronary-prone Behavior Attitudes scale. The data are discussed in the light of the complexity of Type A Behavior Pattern, supporting the hypothesis of the multidimensional nature of this phenomenon and in terms of sociodemographic characteristics of the group.

Self-Reported Type A Behavior and Marital Status

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-106
Author(s):  
D. De Leo ◽  
S. Caracciolo ◽  
M. A. Baserga Marchetti ◽  
S. Molinari
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
Activity Survey

The Jenkins Activity Survey Form C. was administered to a stratified sample of workers (1000 men and 465 women) to study the distribution of the Type A Behavior Pattern among Italians. General Type A scores were higher in married vs unmarried men and Job Involvement scores were higher for single persons than for married ones. Results suggest a stronger link between job involvement and marital status than between job involvement and Type A behavior.

Relations among Four Individual Difference Measures Associated with Cardiovascular Dysfunction and Anger Coping Style

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 779-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert T. Croyle ◽  
John B. Jemmott ◽  
Brian D. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Individual Difference ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Power Motivation ◽  
Activity Survey

Scores on four individual difference instruments used in investigations of hypertension and coronary heart disease were compared. 112 college undergraduates completed a Thematic Apperception Test to assess power motivation, the student form of the Jenkins Activity Survey to assess Type A behavior pattern, a version of the Harburg Anger-out Scale, and a new instrument, the Anger Expression Scale. Analyses yielded modest but significant correlations among some of the scales. Students scoring higher on anger-out coping style, as indexed by the anger-out subscale of the Anger Expression Scale and the Harburg Anger-out Scale, had higher scores on power motivation, global Type A, and the Speed and Impatience subscale of the Jenkins Activity Survey. Neither power motivation nor inhibited power motivation was significantly associated with Type A behavior pattern. Implications of the results are discussed within the context of recent findings in personality assessment and health psychology.

Somatotype and Type A Behavior in College-Age Adults

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Quinn ◽  
Bradley R. A. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Factor H ◽  
The Other ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Body Build ◽  
College Age ◽  
Activity Survey

To study the relation between body build and the Type A behavior pattern, 194 college students were given the Jenkins Activity Survey as a measure of Type A behavior, Factor S (speed and impatience), and Factor H (hard driving and competitive) and the Heath-Carter somatotype method to measure body build. Subjects were grouped as endomorphs, mesomorphs, ectomorphs, or balanced. Two-way analyses of variance showed that, on raw and percentile Type A scores for Factor S, mesomorphs rated significantly higher than the other body builds and nonsignificantly on Type A and Factor H scores.

Effects of Parental Styles on Anxiety and Type a Behavior Pattern

1988 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 333-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia A. Essau ◽  
Mary Beth Coates
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Parental Styles ◽  
Student Version ◽  
Activity Survey

The present study examined the effect of reported parental styles on 35 undergraduates' anxiety and the Type A behavior pattern. The modified version of Kelly and Goodwin's Parental Control-style Questionnaire, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the student version of the Jenkins Activity Survey were administered. Analysis showed that the subjects who had autocratic parents exhibited more Type A behavior pattern as well as having higher scores on the anxiety scales than those who had either permissive or democratic parents.

Prevalence and Correlates of the Type a Behavior Pattern in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 699-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn K. Potts ◽  
Barry P. Katz ◽  
Kenneth D. Brandt
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Type B ◽  
Physical Status ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Activity Survey

The Type A behavior pattern was noted less frequently in a group of 60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis than was expected based on standardized norms for the Jenkins Activity Survey. Patients manifesting Type A behavior with respect to factors of Speed and Impatience and Job Involvement tended to have better physical status than those exhibiting Type B behavior. These aspects of the Type A behavior pattern may be associated with good physical health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

A Study of the Relationships between Personal Characteristics, Life Events, the Type a Behavior Pattern, and Well-Being in Older Adults

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 667-671
Author(s):  
Catharine A. Kopac ◽  
Elizabeth A. Robertson-Tchabo ◽  
Robert W. Holt
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Type A ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Type A Pattern ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Activity Survey ◽  
Memorial University Of Newfoundland

21 men and 76 women between the ages of 68.0 and 97.0 yr. of age were administered the Geriatric Scale of Recent Life Events, the Jenkins Activity Survey, the Framingham Type A Scale, and the Memorial University of Newfoundland Happiness Scale. A Type A pattern of behavior was noted for this sample, aspects of well-being were observed differentially by sex, and Type A behavior was predictive of illness for this age group.

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