Gender differences in the relationship between hostility and the type A behavior pattern.
A group of 97 male and 111 female undergraduates completed the Jenkins Activity Survey, the Framingham Type A Scale, the Adjective Checklist Type A Scale, the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory. A factor analysis revealed three dimensions: Anger-Emotionality, Anger-Aggression, and Residual Pattern A. All Type A measures loaded highly on the Type A factor, with the Jenkins Activity Survey loading the highest. The Framingham Type A Scale was related to Anger-Emotionality, the Adjective Checklist Type A Scale was related to Anger-Aggression, and the Jenkins Activity Survey was related to neither of the anger dimensions. Women scored higher than men on Anger-Emotionality and the Guilt, Resentment, and Irritability subscales and lower than men on the Assaultiveness subscale. Women showed higher correlations between Type A and the Guilt subscale, and men between Type A and the Suspiciousness subscale. We conclude that Type A is a multidimensional construct that manifests itself differently in men and women.
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine.
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Lehrer
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D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D014434:Type A Personality