Some people are hurried and quick to anger. Drs. Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman labeled them Type A and found that they have increased risk of cardiovascular disease. They also are likely to turn off ...

Many stress-related psychological factors have been studied as possible risk factors for heart disease. One is the Type A behavior pattern (TABP), which refers to a set of behaviors including ...

Still actively pursuing his research until less than a month ago, Dr. Friedman and a group of colleagues were nearing the end of a 10-year controlled study involving 1,500 Type A volunteers who were ...

After briefly reviewing the literature on the political personality, we examine the conceptualization of the Type A personality, a concept that has grown out of the area of behavioral medicine dealing ...

Background: Although numerous studies of type A behaviour and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) have been reported in the west (with mixed findings), few studies have been carried out in Asian ...

Another classification system popularly used in Health Psychology is based on the principles of Franz Alexander in 1950. The personality types are: Type A and Type B. Type A Personality: People with ...

"She's just really... Type A." We use it in conversation all the time, generally followed by a knowing chuckle or nod of the head. "Type A" has become a pop psychology buzzword and catch-all ...

Once it was thought that the Type A personality was a culprit in the development of hypertension: the driven, aggressive, high paced, high achiever. But that theory has fallen apart over the last few ...

The findings of this study indicate that Type A behavior pattern, working indirectly through role clarity and effort, has a significant impact on performance. Experience was also found to relate to ...

Neuroscientists have linked the activity of two types of brain nerve cells, neurons, to decisions made during particular type of behavior. They studied the activity of two types of inhibitory neurons ...