title: [Correlation between type D personality and cognitive fusion in 388 employees of state-owned enterprises].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the correlation between type D personality and cognitive fusion in 388 employees from state-owned enterprises, and to provide a theoretical basis for psychological intervention for type D personality.
  
  
  METHODS
  In May 2014, cluster random sampling was used to randomly select 400 employees from two state-owned enterprises who underwent physical examination and were willing to participate in the test. The test was performed with Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire(CFQ) and Type D Personality Scale(DS-14).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The social inhibition group and the group without negative affectivity and social inhibition had a significantly lower mean cognitive fusion score than the type D personality group(25.62±8.92/20.58±8.26 vs 32.38±9.66, P <0.01). The group without negative affectivity and social inhibition had a significantly lower mean cognitive fusion score than the negative affectivity group(31.96±10.20) and the social inhibition group(P<0.01). The social inhibition group had a significantly lower mean cognitive fusion score than the negative affectivity group (P<0.05). In the employees with type D personality, the subscales negative affectivity and social inhibition were positively correlated with cognitive fusion(r=0.599 and 0.392, P<0.01). Negative affectivity(ΔF= 211.484, P<0.05) played a role in explaining cognitive fusion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the employees of state-owned enterprises, cognitive fusion is different between those with type D personality and those without type D personality. In the employees with type D personality, social inhibition and negative affectivity are correlated with cognitive infusion, and negative affectivity plays a role in explaining cognitive fusion.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D064415:Type D Personality