title: The type 2 construct and its relation to coronary heart disease.
abstract: The main aim of this study was to scrutinize the link postulated in 1988 between the Type 2 construct of Grossarth-Maticek, Eysenck, and Vetter and the incidence of coronary heart disease. Self-report data were collected from 58 men who had suffered an infarct, had been hospitalised, and had later enrolled at a physical outpatient clinic as well as from a randomly assigned control group of 70 men. Analysis showed that the Type 2 scores in the infarct group did not differ significantly from those of the control group or from measures taken immediately after an acute myocardial infarction and measures taken 3 months later. The results do not support the hypothesis of a strong association between coronary heart disease and Type 2 scores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sports Science, University of Trondheim, Dragvoll, Norway.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Espnes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001143:Arousal; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009769:Object Attachment; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D014434:Type A Personality