Title

Type-D personality mechanisms of effect: The role of health-related behavior and social support

Comments

Metadata only available from this repository. This article was published in the Psychosomatic Research Journal by Elsevier in 2008. The published article is available online at http://www.jpsychores.comContact the author via email at - ca.lewis@glyndwr.ac.uk for information about this article.

Abstract

Objective

To (a) investigate the prevalence of type-D personality (the conjoint effects of negative affectivity and social inhibition) in a healthy British and Irish population; (b) to test the influence of type-D on health-related behavior, and (c) to determine if these relationships are explained by neuroticism.

Methods

A cross-sectional design was employed; 1012 healthy young adults (225 males, 787 females, mean age 20.5 years) from the United Kingdom and Ireland completed measures of type-D personality, health behaviors, social support, and neuroticism.

Results

The prevalence of type-D was found to be 38.5%, significantly higher than that reported in other European countries. In addition, type-D individuals reported performing significantly fewer health-related behaviors and lower levels of social support than non-type-D individuals. These relationships remained significant after controlling for neuroticism.

Conclusion

These findings provide new evidence on type-D and suggest a role for health-related behavior in explaining the link between type-D and poor clinical prognosis in cardiac patients.

Disciplines

Health Psychology | Psychology

Recommended Citation

Williams, L., O'Connor, R. C., Howard, S., Hughes, B. M., Johnston, D. W., Hay, J. L., O'Connor, D. B., Lewis, C. A., Ferguson, E., Sheehy, N., Grealy, M. A., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2008) 'Type-D personality mechanisms of effect: The role of health-related behavior and social support'. Psychosomatic Research, 64(1), 63-69


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