Components of Type A behavior pattern and occupational stressor-strain relationship: testing different models in a sample of industrial managers.
Behav Med
; 22(2): 67-76, 1996.
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| ID: mdl-8879458
The authors analyzed empirically the roles of impatience-irritability and ambition-energy components of the Type A behavior pattern (TABP) in the occupational stressor-strain relationship. They tested three models, using a sample of 659 industrial managers to determine whether the TABP components affected strain independently from perceived stressors (the direct effects model); or indirectly, by moderating effects of perceived stressors (the moderated effects model); or whether perceived stressors provoked TABP components, which influenced the number of strain symptoms (the mediated effects model). Multiple regression procedures showed, as expected, that the two TABP components acted quite differently in the stress process. With the direct effects model, the impatience-irritability component consistently increased numbers of psychological and physiological symptoms, regardless of perceived occupational stressors. The ambition-energy component, on the other hand, was activated by an abundance of development possibilities experienced at work. This, in turn, partly explained the decrease in perceived levels of psychological and physiological symptoms. The results relating to the ambition-energy component supported the mediated effects model and demonstrated a positive effect on subjective health perceptions.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Personalidad Tipo A
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Carga de Trabajo
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Satisfacción en el Trabajo
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Behav Med
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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PSIQUIATRIA
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Finlandia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos