personality and stress

• type a behaviour - describes those who are:

  • competitive
  • time urgent
  • impatient
  • hostile and aggression
• type b behaviour - describes those who are:

  • relaxed
  • doing one thing at a time
  • patient
  • expresses feelings
• friedman and rosenman - found that 257 out of the 3200 men had developed CHD.

  70% of those were from the type A group
• concluded that type A behaviour pattern is a risk factor for heart disease
• eval of friedman and rosenman - Myrtek found an association between hostility and CHD

  However, Ragland and Brand found little evidence of a relationship between personality and CHD