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To introduce and evaluate the psychometric properties of the DS14 as a concise assessment instrument for negative affectivity, social inhibition, and Type D personality.

January 1, 2005Psychosomatic Medicine

DS14: Standard Assessment of Negative Affectivity, Social Inhibition, and Type D Personality

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JDJohan DenolletPreventive Cardiology

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Supports DS14 for Type D assessment in research; leaves open clinical prognostic utility pending outcome studies.

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To introduce and evaluate the psychometric properties of the DS14 as a concise assessment instrument for negative affectivity, social inhibition, and Type D personality.
Psychometric evaluation of the 14-item DS14 instrument designed to capture subcomponents of emotional distress and interpersonal inhibition.
The DS14 demonstrates strong psychometric validity and internal consistency as a brief measurement scale.
The instrument provides a standardized tool suitable for integration into clinical trials and population-level epidemiologic studies.

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DS14 (measure of negative affectivity and social inhibition)

The DS14 provides a brief, psychometrically sound tool for assessing Type D personality traits (negative affectivity and social inhibition) in clinical and epidemiologic research.

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Johan Denollet (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7ec2bba18484428d1828b https://doi.org/10.1097/01.psy.0000149256.81953.49

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Hypertension management

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