PSYA2 - Type A behaviour and disease -
Friedman and Rosenman
Friedman and Rosenman: What years? - correct answer ✔1959, 1974
Aim: - correct answer ✔Aimed to test the hypothesis that the type A
individuals were more likely to develop coronary heart disease than Type B's
Participants: - correct answer ✔Self selected sample of 3200 Californian
men aged between 39 and 59 years old.
Procedure: - correct answer ✔This was a longitudinal study where all the
participants were healthy when it started in 1960 and were assessed over a
period of 8 and 1/2 years.
The first part of the study included a structured interview and observation,
which assessed personality type and current health status. The participants
were then given a classification type.
Part two was followed up 8 years later when incidence of CHD was recorded.
A correlational analysis was carried out to test the association between type
A/B behaviour pattern and CHD.
Findings: - correct answer ✔257 participants developed CHD during the 8 &
1/2 years, 70% of whom had been classified as Type A.
This was nearly twice as many as were Type B, even when other factors
known to be associated with heart disease were taken in to account.
Friedman and Rosenman
Friedman and Rosenman: What years? - correct answer ✔1959, 1974
Aim: - correct answer ✔Aimed to test the hypothesis that the type A
individuals were more likely to develop coronary heart disease than Type B's
Participants: - correct answer ✔Self selected sample of 3200 Californian
men aged between 39 and 59 years old.
Procedure: - correct answer ✔This was a longitudinal study where all the
participants were healthy when it started in 1960 and were assessed over a
period of 8 and 1/2 years.
The first part of the study included a structured interview and observation,
which assessed personality type and current health status. The participants
were then given a classification type.
Part two was followed up 8 years later when incidence of CHD was recorded.
A correlational analysis was carried out to test the association between type
A/B behaviour pattern and CHD.
Findings: - correct answer ✔257 participants developed CHD during the 8 &
1/2 years, 70% of whom had been classified as Type A.
This was nearly twice as many as were Type B, even when other factors
known to be associated with heart disease were taken in to account.
