Denial specific to Friedman's pathogenic emotions in Jenkins Activity Survey Type A and angiography-referred males.
A pilot study of 27 firemen yielded a number of significant positive partial correlations between Type A Scale scores on the Jenkins Activity Survey and the spouse-or friend-reported frequency of items indicative of aggravation, irritation, anger, and impatience (AIAI), while controlling for subject self-reported frequency. A second study then assessed AIAI, depression, and anxiety with identical subjective (self-reported) and objective (spouse- or friend-reported) measures in 100 male angiography patients. Analysis of variance indicated that 1) angiographically normal or subclinical patients are psychologically distressed; 2) denial (as defined by diminished self-report vs. spouse- or friend-report) is specific to AIAI in this population; and 3) denial is observed with about equal intensity in both occluded and nonoccluded groups.
Ketterer
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Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202.
D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000523:psychology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D014434:Type A Personality