Importance of personality traits and psychosocial factors for the development of coronary heart disease | Zendy

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Importance of personality traits and psychosocial factors for the development of coronary heart disease

Author(s) -

Dragana Jovanović,

Branko Jakovljević,

Katarina Paunović,

Dusan Grubor

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp0602153j

Subject(s) - neuroticism , extraversion and introversion , psychosocial , type d personality , type a and type b personality theory , big five personality traits , odds ratio , personality , clinical psychology , medicine , social support , anxiety , logistic regression , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , psychotherapist

Numerous studies have provided clear and convincing evidence that psychosocial factors contribute to the pathogenesis and expression of coronary heart disease (CHD). These factors have been related to the following psychosocial domains: personality factors and character traits, depression, anxiety, social isolation and chronic life stress. The aim of this study was to estimate the influence of personality traits and psychosocial risk factors for the development of coronary heart disease.

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