Social inhibition and emotional distress in patients with coronary artery disease: The Type D personality construct

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  Figure 1.. (a) Personality subgroups and markers of emotional distress and (b) personality subgroups and markers of inhibition. PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire; GMS-NA: Negative Mood subscale from the Global Mood Scale; GMS-PA: Positive Mood subscale from the Global Mood Scale; GAD-7: General Anxiety Disorder scale; Ref: reference group (i.e. scoring low on both NA and SI); SI: Social Inhibition group (i.e. scoring high on SI, low on NA); NA: Negative Affectivity group (i.e. scoring high on NA, low on SI); Type D: Type D personality group (i.e. scoring high on both NA and SI); SIAS10: Social Interaction Anxiety Scale; BIS: Behavioral Inhibition Scale; ECQ-2: Emotional Inhibition subscale from the Emotional Control Questionnaire; SPS11: Social Phobia Scale; UCLA-R-S: University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale; Ref: reference group (i.e. scoring low on both NA and SI); SI: Social Inhibition group (i.e. scoring high on SI, low on NA); NA: Negative Affectivity group (i.e. scoring high on NA, low on SI); Type D: Type D personality group (i.e. scoring high on both NA and SI).