Beliefs and fears underlying type A behavior: correlates of time urgency and hostility.
Price (1980, 1983) has proposed that Type A behavior allows individuals to cope with fears and anxieties engendered by beliefs about their environment they develop through socialization. The present investigation tested her cognitive social learning model of Type A behavior by developing measures of beliefs and fears and validating them against Type A measures. Data was provided by 137 male and female university students of administration who completed questionnaires. Three beliefs and four fears were assessed along with four aspects of Type A behavior. Measures of beliefs and fears were moderately correlated with measures of time urgency and hostility, particularly among women. Younger men and women reported stronger beliefs and fears.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013995:Time; D014434:Type A Personality