Reliability of a Brief Scale for Assessment of Coronary-Prone Behavior and Standard Measures of Type a Behavior

1982 ◽  
Vol 55 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1039-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurens D. Young ◽  
Joseph J. Barboriak
Keyword(s):  
Life Quality ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Type B ◽  
High Agreement ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Activity Survey ◽  
Coronary Prone Behavior

45 male volunteers were classified by the Structured Interview for Type A behavior and also by the Jenkins Activity Survey. Each subject also responded to a series of 10 questions taken from the Milwaukee Cardiovascular Life Quality Questionnaire. 10 items of the questionnaire were tested to form a scale, the Milwaukee questionnaire—10 for the classification of Type A and B coronary-prone behavior. Each response was rated as one if it was in the previously defined direction of Type A or as zero if in Type B direction. The mean response in this population was 3.56. Subjects scoring 0 to 3 were then classified as Type B and those scoring 4 and more as Type A. Subjects were also given two standard measures of Type A behavior, the Jenkins survey and the structured interview. Comparisons of Type A vs B classes were made between the Milwaukee questionnaire and the interview and the Jenkins survey. High agreement rating Type A behavior was found among instruments. The 10 items appear to provide a reliable and brief scale for rating Type A coronary-prone behavior.

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.

Maternal Type A Behavior During Pregnancy, Neonatal Crying, and Early Infant Temperament: Do Type A Women Have Type A Babies?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-479
Author(s):  
Steven J. Parker ◽  
David E. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Infant Temperament ◽  
Type B ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Maternal Report ◽  
Early Infant ◽  
Activity Survey

It was hypothesized that type A behavior in pregnant women would be associated with increased neonatal crying and differential reports of infant temperament at 3 months. Type A behaviors during pregnancy were measured in a self-selected cohort of 72 healthy, primiparous, middle-class women. Their newborns were assessed at 48 hours of age and the women completed an infant temperament questionnaire at 3 months. Women who were classified as type A on the Job Involvement scale of the Jenkins Activity Survey had infants who cried more during a standardized neurobehavioral assessment compared with infants of women who were type B on the same scale. Women who were type A for Job Involvement rated their 3-month-old infants as more intense and less predictable in their responses to the environment. They were also more likely to be breast-feeding their infants at 3 months. This is the first study to examine the prevalence and nature of maternal type A behaviors during pregnancy and to show their relationship to neonatal crying behavior, to maternal report of early infant temperament, and to maternal breast-feeding.

On the Validity of an Augmented Structured Interview for Measuring Subcomponents of the Type a Behavior Pattern

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-211
Author(s):  
Logan Wright
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Validity Data ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Global Type ◽  
Activity Survey

This study was designed to provide validity data for the Augmented Structured Interview (ASI), which has been developed to measure subcomponents (as opposed to the global) Type A behavior pattern (TABP). Eighty subjects from a large private southwestern medical center were administered a self-report measure of the TABP (the Jenkins Activity Survey—JAS) and the ASI. Forty of the subjects were being treated for post-infarction coronary heart disease (CHD). The remaining forty subjects did not possess documented CHD. The obtained ratings for all the six ASI-measured Type A subcomponents were significantly higher for the CHD than for the non-CHD group. A discriminant functions analysis revealed that the ASI was superior to the JAS in correctly classifying CHD and non-CHD subjects. These outcomes are interpreted as providing initial support for the validity of the ASI.

Type A/B Behavior and Eight Basic Emotions in 1084 Employees

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 1019-1024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katija Čatipović-Veselica ◽  
Vjekoslav Amidžić ◽  
Dinko Burić ◽  
Vesna Ilakovac ◽  
Damir Kozmar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Type B ◽  
Basic Emotions ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Behavioral Counseling ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Emotional Dimensions ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the prevalence of Type A/B behavior and Emotion Profiles in 1084 employees. This report focused on the relationship between Type A behavior and eight basic emotion dimensions. Of the 1084 subjects 710 (65%) scored as Type A and 374 (34.5%) as Type B. The mean Bortner scores for all subjects were 182.8 ( SD = 33.7), scores on emotional dimensions for Incorporation and Reproduction were high, and intensities for Ejection and Destruction were low; mean scores on other emotions were normal. Significant differences between Type A and Type B scores were found on six emotional dimensions. Subjects classified as Type A had ratings lower on trustful, controlled, and timid and higher on aggressive, distrustful, and uncontrolled than did persons classified as Type B. There were no differences between Type A and Type B scores on the emotion dimensions of Reproduction and Deprivation. Our data suggest multiple emotional components may comprise the Type A behavior pattern. This is important for behavioral counseling programs and early preventive efforts which could be aimed at reducing the intensity of Type A behaviors.

Type a Behavior and Situation-Specific Perceptions of Control

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 991-999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis G. Dyck ◽  
Cathy G. Moser ◽  
Michel Pierre Janisse
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Control ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
The Other ◽  
Type B ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Activity Survey

Two experiments were conducted to study perceptions of control for recalled situations among Jenkins Activity Survey-defined Type A and Type B college students. The subjects recalled past situations of competition and time pressure and then provided ratings of vividness and perceived control for self and others. The results indicated that Type A subjects had more vivid recollections of both competition and time pressure situations than did Type B persons. On the other hand, Type A scorers made higher ratings of perceived control-for-self than Type B scorers for recalled competitive but not for time pressure situations. Other results indicated that the speed and impatience scores on Jenkins' scale were negatively correlated to perceptions of control in the recalled time pressure situations. These results, together with recent findings which show that Type A persons perceive less control in recalled angry situations indicate that A/B differences in perceived control are situationally specific. The possible role of differences in social comparisons in mediating these interactional effects is discussed.

Type A-B Behavior and Incidence of Infectious Mononucleosis in College Students

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 545-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Barton ◽  
Robert A. Hicks
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Infectious Mononucleosis ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Type B ◽  
Jenkins Activity Survey ◽  
Activity Survey

To further test the hypothesis that Type A behavior is associated with a variety of stress-linked diseases, 280 university students responded to the Jenkins Activity Survey and the question “Have you ever had infectious mononucleosis?”. Compared to the Type B students in this group, the Type A students were 3.75 times more likely to report that they had experienced infectious mononucleosis.

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.

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