title: Self- and spouse ratings of anger and hostility as predictors of coronary heart disease.
abstract: Self- and spouse ratings of anger and hostility were examined as predictors of coronary heart disease (CHD) in 185 cardiac patients. Patients completed the Multidimensional Anger Inventory (MAI) and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability (MCSD) Scale; the MAI (rewritten to 3rd person) was completed by patients' spouses or by a peer. Thallium scans were used to measure CHD status. Results showed that patient-rated MAI scores were inversely correlated with MCSD. There were no gender differences for patient-rated MAI scores, but spouse ratings showed gender effects for Anger-Arousal and Hostile Outlook: Women rated their husband higher than men rated their wife. Patients with positive thallium scans were no different from those without CHD on patient-rated MAI scores; however, spouse ratings indicated that those with CHD had higher Hostile Outlook and Anger-In scores. After accounting for the effects of traditional CHD risk factors, only spouse-rated hostility contributed significant incremental variance to the prediction of CHD status.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kneip
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Delamater
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ismond
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milford
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salvia
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012928:Social Desirability; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes