"Type A Personality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Established behavior pattern characterized by excessive drive and ambition, impatience, competitiveness, sense of time urgency, and poorly contained aggression.
| Descriptor ID |
D014434
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.752.747.880
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| Concept/Terms |
Type A Personality- Type A Personality
- Personalities, Type A
- Personality, Type A
- Type A Personalities
- Personality Type A
- Type A, Personality
Coronary-Prone Personality- Coronary-Prone Personality
- Coronary Prone Personality
- Coronary-Prone Personalities
- Personalities, Coronary-Prone
- Personality, Coronary-Prone
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Type A Personality" by people in Profiles.
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Type A behavior pattern: new perspectives on theory, assessment, and intervention. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1992 Aug; 60(4):595-604.
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Change in coronary-prone behaviors in the recurrent coronary prevention project. Psychosom Med. 1991 Jul-Aug; 53(4):407-19.
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Effects of type A behavioral counseling and severity of prior acute myocardial infarction on survival. Am J Cardiol. 1988 Dec 01; 62(17):1159-63.
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Psychosocial and physiological predictors of sudden cardiac death after healing of acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1988 May 01; 61(13):979-83.
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Effect of discontinuance of type A behavioral counseling on type A behavior and cardiac recurrence rate of post myocardial infarction patients. Am Heart J. 1987 Sep; 114(3):483-90.
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Alteration of type A behavior and its effect on cardiac recurrences in post myocardial infarction patients: summary results of the recurrent coronary prevention project. Am Heart J. 1986 Oct; 112(4):653-65.
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Cardiovascular disease. A men's health hazard. Nurs Clin North Am. 1986 Mar; 21(1):65-73.
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Reduction in type A behavior in healthy middle-aged American military officers. Am Heart J. 1985 Sep; 110(3):503-14.
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Behavioral and physiologic determinants of long-term prognosis after myocardial infarction. J Chronic Dis. 1985; 38(3):253-63.
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Can the type A behavior pattern be altered after myocardial infarction? A second year report from the recurrent coronary prevention project. Psychosom Med. 1984 Jul-Aug; 46(4):293-313.