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Type A behaviour, anger and neuroticism: The discriminant validity of self‐reports in a patient sample
Author(s) -
Smith Timothy W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1984.tb00638.x
Subject(s) - neuroticism , anger , discriminant validity , psychology , clinical psychology , convergent validity , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , personality , social psychology , internal consistency , physics , quantum mechanics
Fifty cardiac patients undergoing coronary artery catheterization completed the Jenkins Activity Scale and the Framingham Type A Scale (i.e. two measures of the coronary‐prone behaviour pattern) and measures of anger and neuroticism. The Type A measures demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity relative to the other psychological dimensions, though Type A measures were moderately correlated with anger and neuroticism.