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ERIC Number: EJ212965
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Sep
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Efforts to Control by Children and Adults with the Type A Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern.
Matthews, Karen A.
Child Development, v50 n3 p842-47 Sep 1979
Examines the initial reactions of type A and type B boys and men to uncontrollable events. Type A individuals are characterized by extremes of competitive achievement striving, impatience, and aggression, a pattern of behavior implicated by recent research in the etiology of coronary heart disease. Type B individuals exhibit the relative absence of type A characteristics. (JMB)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Heart Disorders, Higher Education, Individual Power, Males, Psychological Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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