Type A behaviour and the authoritarian personality.
The demonstration of modest statistical associations between measures of the Type A behaviour pattern (TABP) and some measures of authoritarianism has given rise to a view that the TABP represents little more than an attempt by some individuals to exercise the personality attribute of dominance. The present study examined this view with regard to a wide selection of measures of the authoritarian personality and found that measures of the TABP related only to measures of authoritarianism reflecting authoritarian behaviours. While such correlations indicate a facet of the TABP resembles the attribute of dominance, they do not amount to conceptual equivalence of the TABP and authoritarianism. The conceptual complexity of the TABP demands a more multidimensional view of this explanatory notion in medical psychology.
Byrne
D G
DG
Department of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
Reinhart
M I
MI
Heaven
P C
PC
D000328:Adult; D001318:Authoritarianism; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D014434:Type A Personality