The Type A/B Behaviour Pattern in Samples of Urban and Rural Men

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ID13653665
AuthorsGeir Arild Espnes (0000-0003-3806-1389, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Albert Conrad Mellam (University of Papua New Guinea)
Year2001
Volume88
Issue1
Pages23-27
Publication date2001-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.2001.88.1.23
PMID11293034
OpenAlexW2032577526
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

The present study assessed the prevalence of the Type A behaviour pattern in a rural and an urban sample of men in Norway. The study was carried through on data collected for other purposes, reported earlier in 1998 and 1999, to evaluate whether there were differences in Type A behaviour pattern between the two environmental settings. The Type A behaviour pattern was assessed in both studies using the Jenkins Activity Survey. Analysis of the data on the Global Type A scale indicated that, on average, participants in both environments reported as Type Bs as opposed to Type As. However, the distribution of scores on the subscales of the Jenkins Activity Survey showed that mean scores on the Type A behaviour attributes were higher in the urban sample than those in the rural sample. The results concerning the expression of the Global Type A from these samples supported expectations about differences in challenges of a competitive environment such as an urban setting, expressed in the literature

Cartography · Geography · Rural area · Sample (material · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Type A and Type B personality theory · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology

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