title: Relation between insecurity and Type A behavior.
abstract: This article presents a new Type A Videotaped Clinical Examination scale that measures insecurity. This scale was validated against an existing insecurity measure in a sample of 204 individuals. The results indicated that this new scale is a valid measure of insecurity. The relation between insecurity and type A behavior was examined in a sample of 3013 people. In this large population insecurity showed a strong positive correlation to type A behavior and to each of the two overt behavioral components, time urgency and free-floating hostility.
authors.affiliation: Meyer Friedman Institute, Mount Zion Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco 94120.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghandour
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fleischmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D014434:Type A Personality