title: The coronary risk personality: psychological and psychophysiological aspects.
abstract: The hypothesis was tested that psychophysiological features of the Coronary Risk Personality (CRP) already are clearly discernable before myocardial infarction (MI). Psychological test assessments were obtained from a group of 46 males MI patients, and a group of 78 "Healthy' controls, which were classified as either "High risk' or "Low risk' on blood pressure, serum cholesterol, and/or smoking. Psychophysiological measurements were also taken. The crucial features of the CRP appear to be: the impatience and activity dimensions of type A behavior, and depression; the mediating physiological mechanism with regard to infarction risk possibly is sympathetic reactivity.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010551:Personality; D010556:Personality Tests; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol