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Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine 1/2012

01-08-2012 | Letter to the Editor

Type D Personality and Cardiovascular Outcomes

Authors: Erika Borkoles, Ph.D., Remco Polman, Ph.D., Chantal F. Ski, Ph.D., David R. Thompson, Ph.D.

Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 1/2012

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Recent debate [1‐3] on the association between type D (distressed) personality and cardiovascular outcomes includes the suggestion [3] that ‘pulling the plug [on type D research] is better than keeping it on life support’. The authors [1‐3] rightly argue that the practice of dichotomization of the interaction of negative affectivity (NA) and social inhibition (SI) has been methodologically problematic in type D studies. However, it has been suggested that type D is better represented as a dimensional (i.e., NA × SI) rather than categorical construct [4]. Furthermore, the DS14 (the measure for type D) appears to have sound psychometric properties, including temporal stability and predictive, convergent and construct validity [5]. …
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Metadata
Title
Type D Personality and Cardiovascular Outcomes
Authors
Erika Borkoles, Ph.D.
Remco Polman, Ph.D.
Chantal F. Ski, Ph.D.
David R. Thompson, Ph.D.
Publication date
01-08-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Electronic ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-012-9373-6

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