title: The environment and its relationship to the Type A behavior pattern in middle and old age, a pilot study.
abstract: 21 men and 76 women between the ages of 68.0 and 97.0 yr. were administered the Geriatric Scale of Recent Life Events, the Jenkins Activity Survey, the Framingham Type A Scale, and a measure designed to assess factors in the environment believed to contribute to the development and maintenance of the Type A Behavior Pattern. Differences were found between the environment of old age and the retrospective middle-age environment. Results support that Type A behavior emerges in response to environmental elicitors.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kopac
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012931:Social Environment; D014434:Type A Personality