"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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Hostility: relationship to lifestyle behaviors and physical risk factors. Behav Med. 1992; 18(1):21-6.
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Individual and cross-spouse correlations of perceptions of family functioning, blood pressure and dimensions of anger. J Psychosom Res. 1990; 34(4):393-9.
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Assessment of children's Type A behavior: relationship with negative behavioral characteristics and children and teacher demographic characteristics. J Pers Assess. 1989; 53(4):770-82.
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Secondary prevention of coronary artery disease. Circulation. 1987 Jul; 76(1 Pt 2):I168-73.