title: Type D (distressed) personality and its assessment with the DS14 in Lithuanian patients with coronary artery disease.
abstract: We examined Type D personality (combination of negative affectivity with social inhibition) and its assessment with the DS14 in 543 Lithuanian coronary patients. Psychometric analyses confirmed the two-factor structure, internal consistency (α = 0.84/α = 0.75), and test-retest reliability (r = 0.69/0.81) of the DS14 negative affectivity and inhibition components. Negative affectivity correlated (r = -0.58) with emotional stability and social inhibition (r = -0.46) with extraversion; correlations with other Big-Five traits ranged between r = -0.11 and -0.19. Type D patients (34%) had a ninefold increased odds of depression (95% confidence interval = 5.01-17.36) and a fivefold increased odds of anxiety (95% confidence interval = 3.47-7.97). These findings support the validity of the Type D construct in Lithuania.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7175, Medical School Wing D, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7175, USA. a.bunevicius@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Adomas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bunevicius
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Staniute
authors.forename: Julija
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brozaitiene
authors.forename: Dalia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stropute
authors.forename: Robertas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bunevicius
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Denollet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D064415:Type D Personality
keywords: Type D personality; anxiety; coronary artery disease; depression