Type A Behaviour And Pressor Response In Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Men
| Autor: | J. E. J. Gallacher, P. Bennett, Dan S. Sharp |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Framingham Risk Score
Jenkins activity survey media_common.quotation_subject Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine General Chemistry behavioral disciplines and activities Asymptomatic Developmental psychology Pressor response Structured interview medicine Ischaemic heart disease medicine.symptom Psychology psychological phenomena and processes Applied Psychology Clinical psychology Vigilance (psychology) media_common Cardiovascular reactivity |
| Zdroj: | Psychology & Health. 7:213-223 |
| ISSN: | 1476-8321 0887-0446 |
| Popis: | The association of pressor response with type A behaviour was investigated to identify factors underlying the inconsistent results of previous studies. Three aspects of procedure were considered comprising sample, type A measurement and type of challenge. A proper random sample of 95 men asymptomatic for ischaemic heart disease was assessed for type A behaviour using the Structured Interview, Jenkins Activity Survey, Framingham and Bortner scales. Pressor response from rest was assessed during a high social challenge task (the Structured Interview) and a low social challenge task (a difficult vigilance task). Pressor response was associated with type A behaviour only during the high social challenge task irrespective of method of type A assessment. It is concluded that the critical factor underlying inconsistent findings in this area is not lack of relationship or invalid type A measurement but the use of invalid tasks. |
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