Key result
Type D individuals engaged in more unhealthy behaviours, including smoking, poor diet, and lack of physical activity, than non-Type D individuals.
Why the study?
Is Type D personality associated with maladaptive health-related behaviours in healthy participants?
Cross-Sectional (n=200)
Is Type D personality associated with maladaptive health-related behaviours in healthy participants?
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Type D personality is associated with maladaptive health behaviors, which may represent a mechanism explaining its link to poor prognosis in cardiac patients.
Type D personality (the combination of negative affect and social inhibition) is associated with poor prognosis in cardiac patients. The current study aims to investigate the relationship between Type D and health-related behaviours. In a cross-sectional study, 200 healthy participants completed measures of Type D personality, and health-related behaviours. The results showed that Type D individuals engaged in more unhealthy behaviours including smoking, poor diet and lack of physical activity than non-Type D individuals. The association between Type D personality and maladaptive health behaviours may represent one mechanism to explain the link between Type D and ill-health.
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Gilmour et al. (2011) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy (n=200). Type D personality vs. Non-Type D individuals was evaluated on Health-related behaviours (including smoking, poor diet, and lack of physical activity). Type D individuals engaged in more unhealthy behaviours, including smoking, poor diet, and lack of physical activity, than non-Type D individuals.
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