Control over stress, Type A behavior pattern, and response to stress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10161362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark S Pittner (corresponding author), B Kent Houston, Gail A Spiridigliozzi (0000-0002-4933-1607) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 627-637 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.44.3.627 |
| PMID | 6834243 |
| OpenAlex | W2005089469, W4251437783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 6 |
This study was conducted to examine (a) differences in physiological response of Type A and Type B individuals to conditions that varied in both controllability and consistency of controllability over an aversive stimulus and (b) whether Type A relative to Type B individuals employ more denial and/or projection in cognitively coping with arousing situations as well as differ in being preoccupied in such situations. Ninety-six college men were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: no control over shock, consistent control over shock, intermittent control over shock, and low stress. The results indicated that relative to Type B subjects, Type A subjects manifested (a) greater pulse rates and systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the consistent control condition, (b) greater systolic blood pressure in the no-control condition, and (c) greater diastolic blood pressure in the intermittent control condition. Type A subjects relative to Type B subjects also employed more of both denial and projection across the three high-stress conditions but did not differ in how preoccupied they were.
Audiology · Blood pressure · Cognitive psychology · Controllability · Coping (psychology · Denial · Developmental psychology · Personality · Shock (circulatory · Stimulus (psychology · Stress (linguistics · Type A and Type B personality theory · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Mathematics · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.53 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2008 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |