Maintenance of Type a Behavior: Support for a Type-Similarity Hypothesis
This study tested two hypotheses that might account for the maintenance of the Type A behavior pattern. 56 male and 56 female Type A and B subjects rated the attractiveness of a stimulus person described as a Type A male, Type A female, Type B male, or Type B female. Type A subjects preferred the Type A stimulus person, while Type B subjects were mote attracted to the Type B stimulus person. These findings supported a type-similarity hypothesis.