title: The Framingham Type A Scale and anxiety, irrational beliefs, and self-control.
abstract: The present study examined the relations between the Framingham Type A Scale and measures of trait anxiety, irrational beliefs, and self-control in a sample of healthy young adults. Furthermore, the obtained relationships were contrasted with those between two other self-report measures of the Type A pattern and the above psychological dimensions. Results indicated that the Framingham Scale consistently exhibited positive relations with anxiety and general irrational thinking and a negative relation with self-control. The Jenkins Activity Survey and Thurstone Activity Scale generally were unrelated to these dimensions. Results indicate the psychological heterogeneity of the Type A measures and suggest a possible link between Framingham scores, anxiety, and manifestations of CHD.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012306:Risk; D012718:Set, Psychology