Challenge seeking and the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deems F Ortega, Janet E Pipal |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1328-1334 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| 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 (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.46.6.1328 |
| PMID | 6737216 |
| OpenAlex | W2094806327, W4230352348 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 1 |
The present investigation sought to further delineate the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern and to elucidate the psychophysiological process through which this behavioral disposition is translated into heart disease. Type A and Type B male subjects engaged in tasks that required varying degrees of activity before an assessment of challenge-seeking tendencies. Type A participants sought greater degrees of challenge than did their Type B counterparts. In addition, the more active the person with Pattern A had been immediately before the challenge-seeking opportunity, the greater the degree of challenge sought. Precedent activity level did not significantly influence challenge seeking in the Type B population. The Type A subjects also had significantly faster heart rates during performance of a challenging task. Pattern A behavior may be translated into heart disease through the cumulative deleterious effects of chronic and excessive challenge-induced cardiovascular excitation.
Behavioral pattern · Cardiology · Coronary heart disease · Developmental psychology · Disease · Disposition · Personality · Population · Task (project management · Type A and Type B personality theory · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1986 - 2001 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |