Bortner Type A Scores and Basic Emotions: Aggression, Distrustful, Depression, and Gregarious

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katija Čatipović-Veselica
Keyword(s):  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Cardiac Mortality ◽  
Type B ◽  
Basic Emotions ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the correlations between scores on Bonner's scale and measures of aggression, distrustful, gregarious, and depression in 1,084 employees. Prospectively over 2 yr. we investigated the relationship of Type A behavior with cardiac mortality. Subjects classified as Type A had higher mean ratings on measures of aggression and distrustful than did persons classified as Type B. Mortality was lower in patients classified as reporting Type A behavior (12%) than in the patients classified as reporting Type B behavior (22%).

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.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TYPE A BEHAVIOR AND HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDREN AS MEASURED BY THE CONNER'S HYPERACTIVITY AND MYTH-0 SCALES

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn M. Rickard ◽  
Christine Woods de Rael
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Type A ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Third Grade ◽  
Type B ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Relationship

An examination of Type A behavior in children as measured by the MYTH and hyperactivity scores in children as measured by the Conners TRC revealed a significant relationship between the two scales. Subjects were drawn from a total sample of 199 first, second and third grade children obtained through classroom-distributed questionnaires. Significant differences on MYTH scores between children of Type A and Type B mothers, and between males and females were eliminated when variance attributed to hyperactivity was covaried out of the analyses. Results are discussed in terms of potential overlap between hyperactivity and Type A constructs as they are often measured.

Attributions for Undesirable Life Events, Type a Behavior and Depression

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerdi Weidner ◽  
Judy Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Learned Helplessness ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Type B ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
The Relationship

This investigation examined attributions for life events and Type A behavior of 22 undergraduate women. It was expected that Type A students would make attributions associated with learned helplessness for undesirable life events. As hypothesized, Type A students engaged in more self-blame for important undesirable life events and also rated their desirable life events as less important than Type B students. Differences in attributional strategies of the two groups might mediate the relationship between Type A, helplessness, and heart disease.

Type a Behavior, Cognitive Defense, and Stress

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred B. Heilbrun ◽  
Diane Renert
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Variables ◽  
Type B ◽  
Moderator Effects ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
The Relationship

This study considered the possible moderator effects of three cognitive variables—repression, awareness of defense, and breadth of scanning—upon the relationship between Type A behavior and stress. Type A college subjects of both sexes did not report significantly more stress than Type B students. However, (1) repression, (2) lack of awareness, and (3) narrow scanning served moderator roles for Type A subjects; each, considered singly or in combination, contributed to higher stress levels. These evasive cognitive qualities were not associated with higher stress in Type B subjects. The results, in combination with those from several previous studies, were interpreted within the context of a model relating coping strategies to management of stress in which evasive defensiveness that impedes direct action upon sources of stress is maladaptive.

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