Type 2 construct scores did not differ significantly between men with a prior myocardial infarction and controls, showing no strong association with coronary heart disease.
Case-Control (n=128)
Is the Type 2 construct associated with the incidence of coronary heart disease?
The study found no evidence to support a strong association between the Type 2 personality construct and coronary heart disease.
The main aim of this study was to scrutinize the link postulated in 1988 between the Type 2 construct of Grossarth-Maticek, Eysenck, and Vetter and the incidence of coronary heart disease. Self-report data were collected from 58 men who had suffered an infarct, had been hospitalised, and had later enrolled at a physical outpatient clinic as well as from a randomly assigned control group of 70 men. Analysis showed that the Type 2 scores in the infarct group did not differ significantly from those of the control group or from measures taken immediately after an acute myocardial infarction and measures taken 3 months later. The results do not support the hypothesis of a strong association between coronary heart disease and Type 2 scores.
Geir Arild Espnes (Wed,) conducted a case-control in Coronary heart disease (n=128). Type 2 construct vs. Control group was evaluated on Type 2 scores. Type 2 construct scores did not differ significantly between men with a prior myocardial infarction and controls, showing no strong association with coronary heart disease.