title: Bortner type A scores and basic emotions: aggression, distrustful, depression, and gregarious.
abstract: We examined the correlations between scores on Bortner's scale and measures of aggression, distrustful, gregarious, and depression in 1,084 employees. Prospectively over 2 yr. we investigated the relationship of Type A behavior with cardiac mortality. Subjects classified as Type A had higher mean ratings on measures of aggression and distrustful than did persons classified as Type B. Mortality was lower in patients classified as reporting Type A behavior (12%) than in the patients classified as reporting Type B behavior (22%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical Faculty University of J.J. Strossmayer Osijek, Clinical Hospital Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Katija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Catipović-Veselica
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000374:Aggression; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014434:Type A Personality