Why the study?
Does the Type B behavior pattern improve preventive and risk-related behaviors under high stress compared to Type A in students?
Does the Type B behavior pattern improve preventive and risk-related behaviors under high stress compared to Type A in students?
Type B individuals may engage in healthier behaviors under high stress compared to Type A individuals, potentially due to self-regulation mechanisms.
Type B pattern was associated with healthier stress behaviors in students; leaves open relevance to cardiovascular prevention or targeted interventions.
To test the hypotheses that Type B individuals would engage in more preventive and less risk-related behaviors under high stress than Type As, 155 students were administered questionnaires pertaining to the TABP, daily hassles, and health behavior. As predicted, in six out of seven regression analyses, Type Bs engaged in more preventive, and fewer risk-related behaviors under high stress, than those who self-reported as Type A. Self-regulation mechanisms are proposed to help account for these effects.
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