Type D personality mediates the relationship between remembered parenting and perceived health.
BACKGROUND
Type D personality (a joint tendency to experience negative emotions and inhibit self-expression) has been associated with adverse outcomes across cardiovascular diseases, but little is known about its association with remembered parenting.


OBJECTIVE
The authors sought to investigate the association between Type D personality, remembered parenting, and perceived health outcomes.


METHODS
Adults from the general Dutch population (N=662) completed the Remembered Relationship with Parents (RRP) scale, the DS14 (which assesses Type D personality), the Short-Form Health Survey, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.


RESULTS
Type D personality was associated with adverse remembered parenting, and both were related to poor perceived health. Importantly, Type D mediated the relationship between adverse remembered parenting and adverse perceived health outcomes.


CONCLUSIONS
When developing interventions for Type D personality, it may be important to take adverse childhood experiences into account.
van den Broek
Krista C
KC
CoRPS-Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Smolderen
Kim G
KG
Pedersen
Susanne S
SS
Denollet
Johan
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012737:Sex Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*