Does Behavior Pattern Influence Blood Pressure in the Current Cultural Context of Japan?

Background: Type A behavior pattern has been presented as a risk for coronary heart disease and defined as a psychological-behavioral construct. This study aimed to identify the influence of type A behavior pattern on blood pressure in the current cultural context of Japan. Methods: This study utilized a cross-sectional design. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to community residents aged 40-59 yr in western Japan from Aug to Sep 2017. The data included participant’s demographic information (including socioeconomic variables); information related to blood pressure, type A behavior pattern, psychological factors, and health-related behaviors. Logistic regression was used to identify the influence of type A behavior pattern on systolic blood pressure after adjusting for behavioral, psychological, and socioeconomic factors Results: The sample included 362 participants with a mean age of 51.5 years (SD = 5.96); 148 (41.2%) men. A logistic regression demonstrated that type A behavior pattern was negatively associated with systolic blood pressure (OR = 0.43, 95% CI [0.22, 0.83]) after adjusting for sex and age. Similar results were observed after adjusting for other covariates. Conclusion: There may be a negative association between type A behavior pattern and systolic blood pressure among adults living in the current cultural context of Japan.

Psychological Factors of a Manager’s Professional Health

The article presents a new scientific direction - the psychology of professional health, analyzes the existing approaches in domestic and foreign science to this problem area of knowledge. Definitions of the concept “professional health”, criteria and main research tasks included in the sphere of scientific interests psychology of professional health are considered. The author's definition of the concept “manager professional health” (S. M. Shingaev, 2020) and the results of research psychological factors of the head’s professional health of educational and commercial organizations are given. Significant differences were found in the assessment of their professional health (type A behavior), strategies and methods for relieving stressful situations.at the same time, there are similarities in the value system and the place of health in this system.

Personality of patients with central serous chorioretinopathy

Introduction: Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is a disease of the retina that is a frequent cause of mild to moderate visual impairment. The disease can be precipitated by psychosocial stress and hypercortisolism while full remission will often be spontaneous within a few months. Risk factors have included male gender, increased plasma cortisol due to other conditions or steroid use and Type A behavior. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study comparing three research groups that included 100 CSC patients, 200 healthy volunteers, and 200 patients with other ophthalmic disease on their results in the Zuckerman–Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ). Results: CSC patients differed from the other subjects on increased high Neuroticism-Anxiety, low Sociability, and high Aggression-Hostility. Conclusions: Since high Neuroticism is related to increased cortisol levels only in males, and high Aggression-Hostility is related to increased cortisol response, these findings point to the possibility of a robust neurobiological background to the etiopathogenesis of CSC that merits further research. The association of Type A behavior with CSC may be a spurious one and its widespread reference in ophthalmology texts should be re-examined.

Examinarea dimensiunilor comportamentului de tip A în relația dintre stresorii ocupaționali și reacțiile la stres în munca de poliție

The literature has highlighted the presence of a higher proportion of Type A behavior among police officerscompared to the general population. Thus, the present study examined the predictive role of two components ofType A behavior (impatience and drive) on stress reactions and the moderator effect of these dimensions in therelation stressors-reactions to stress in police work. To assess the variables included in this study it was usedscales from Occupational Stress Indicator-2 (OSI-2; Cooper, Sloan, & Williams, 1988). These scales were completedby 108 policemen. The results showed that impatience is the only predictor of some aspects of physical(tempered behavior, energy) and mental health (satisfaction, peace of mind). The data show that impatience anddrive do not moderate the relationship between stressors and reactions to stress represented by work satisfaction,satisfaction toward organization, satisfaction with mental well-being, peace of mind, tempered behavior and energy.The impatience has moderated the tension generated by the workload and responsibilities on activism. Thedrive has moderated the relation between workload and activism. Based on these results, it has been discussedthe validity of the conceptual model of the OSI-2 and the development of occupational stress management interventionsin police work.

Aerobic Physical Activity in Nature as Compensation for Type A Behavior

The aim of this theoretical article is to point out on the bases of scientific findings the relationship between aerobic physical activity in nature as compensation for the type A behavior. Type A behavior as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) continues to be an important subject of study in today´s society. Physical activities in the nature, also called green exercise, are of significant relevance in the context of human health research, given our present lifestyle. They address mainly the aerobic regime of physical activities as a prevention of many diseases through improvements in cardiovascular system and skeletal muscles. The authors focused on the issues related to the types A and B of personality behavior developed by Mayer Friedman and Ray H. Rosenman. Aerobic exercise activities, as significant prevention of heart diseases, deal with the compensation of precisely the A type risk behavior. The authors clarify this premise on practical examples. Even with the passage of several decades this issue has not been sufficiently researched. Its application in real life is quite justifiable due to increasing environmental changes and sedentary lifestyle. This article points out how different findings need to be linked in practice as a part of the necessary interdisciplinary collaboration of experts in the areas of medicine, psychology and sports.