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Personality Factors and Stress
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Mind Map on Personality Factors and Stress, created by vezalikeschoccys on 06/04/2015.
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Personality Factors and Stress
Type A
Friedman and Rosenman
Characteristics lead to high blood pressure
Competitive
Impatient
Hostile
WCGS (1960)
3000 men
39-59
California
Examined for CHD
Interviewed
Elicit Type A
8 1/2 years
12.8% Type A died from CHD
6.0% type B died from CHD
Follow up by Ragland and Brand
214 died from CHD
no evidence w/regards to personality type
Myrtek
meta analysis of 35 studies
association with hostility
The Hardy Personality
Kobasa and Maddi
Kobasa
800 American business executives
150 classified as high stress
some =low illness record, some = high record
due to hardiness
Maddi
US Company
Reducing workforce
2/3 suffered health related illness
1/3 thrived
hardiness
Control
Commitment
challenge
Type B
patient
Relaxed
Easy going
Decrease stress related illness
Evaluation
Negative Affectivity
High NA more likely to report distress
Hardy = low on NA
Measurement
Relies on questionnaires
Low internal validity
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