Abstract

This on-going research attempts to refine the assessment of coronary prone behavior, especially the Type A behavior pattern. (TABP). Previous studies in the literature suggested that the global TABP was an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease, but more recent studies did not replicate these findings. When specific components of Type A were examined in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT), only hostility ratings predicted CHD (RR = 1.69, p < .05, n = 576). In an attempt to improve interview-derived assessments of hostility, more reliable and valid ratings of hostility were developed based on the five factor model of personality and its conceptualization of hostility. The present research examines these new ratings as predictors of CHD morbidity and mortality.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Intramural Research (Z01)
Project #
1Z01AG000184-05
Application #
3767770
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1993
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
National Institute on Aging
Department
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State
Country
United States
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  Publications

Weiss, Alexander; Sutin, Angelina R; Duberstein, Paul R et al. (2009) The personality domains and styles of the five-factor model are related to incident depression in Medicare recipients aged 65 to 100. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:591-601
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O'Cleirigh, Conall; Ironson, Gail; Weiss, Alexander et al. (2007) Conscientiousness predicts disease progression (CD4 number and viral load) in people living with HIV. Health Psychol 26:473-80
Matthews, Gerald; Emo, Amanda K; Funke, Gregory et al. (2006) Emotional intelligence, personality, and task-induced stress. J Exp Psychol Appl 12:96-107
Nestadt, Gerald; Hsu, Fang-Chi; Samuels, Jack et al. (2006) Latent structure of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition personality disorder criteria. Compr Psychiatry 47:54-62
Costa Jr, Paul T; Bagby, R Michael; Herbst, Jeffrey H et al. (2005) Personality self-reports are concurrently reliable and valid during acute depressive episodes. J Affect Disord 89:45-55
Costa Jr, Paul T; Patriciu, Nicholas S; McCrae, Robert R (2005) Lessons from longitudinal studies for new approaches to the DSM-V: the FFM and FFT. J Personal Disord 19:533-9; discussion 594-6
Hong, Jin Pyo; Samuels, Jack; Bienvenu, O Joseph et al. (2005) The longitudinal relationship between personality disorder dimensions and global functioning in a community-residing population. Psychol Med 35:891-5

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