Anxiety Management Training for pattern A behavior

Suinn, Richard M.; Bloom, Larry J.

doi:10.1007/bf00846584

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“…The results of this study partially replicate those of Suinn andBloom (1978) andHart (1984). AMT changed the total Type A, hard-driving/competitive, and speed/impatience scores in comparison with the control subjects.…”

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“…Self-control training is expected to provide the opportunity to adapt more effective coping strategies and to rely less on Type A coping activities. Suinn and Bloom (1978) used anxiety management training (AMT) in the treatment of Type A behavior for healthy subjects and demonstrated that AMT produced significant reductions in the hard-driving component of the TABP, along with state and trait anxiety in comparison with a no-treatment control group. The subjects, however, did not show a significant change in blood pressure and serum lipid levels.…”

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Effects of two self-control procedures on modifying type a behavior

Nakano

1990

J. Clin. Psychol.

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Two groups of Type A subjects who received either anxiety management training focused on coping with anger and hostility or operant self‐control procedures were compared with a control group. Treated subjects compared to controls showed significant reductions in the overall Type A behavior, hard‐driving/competitive, and speed/impatience scores. The results supported the hypothesis that both self‐control training methods provide the opportunity to adapt more effective coping strategies and to rely less on Type A coping techniques. Self‐control procedures such as anxiety management training and operant self‐control are promising methods for reducing Type A behaviors even in the Japanese culture. Implications of selecting the most effective treatment for each CHD‐pathogenic behavior are discussed.

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Effects of two self-control procedures on modifying type a behavior

Nakano

1990

J. Clin. Psychol.

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“…A similar behavior modification program was adapted for healthy subjects and was successful in reducing Type A behaviors among Army personnel (13). However, other intervention studies have failed to find changes in either self-reported Type A behaviors (5,8) or biologic factors known to be related to increased risk of CHD, such as elevated serum cholesterol or blood pressure (6,7).…”

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“…For example, some studies did not include a no-treatment control group (8) or relied solely on self-report measures of Type A behavior such as the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) (5,8), the Framingham Type A Scale (7), or the Bortner Type A Rating Scale (6). Self-report measures of Type A behavior have been widely criticized because of their imprecision relative to the direct behavioral assessment used in the Type A Structured Interview (SI) (14).…”

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Exercise training in healthy type A middle-aged men: effects on behavioral and cardiovascular responses.

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Walsh³

et al. 1988

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Thirty-six healthy Type A men (means = 44.4 years) were randomly assigned to either an aerobic exercise training group or a strength and flexibility training group. Subjects completed a comprehensive psychological assessment battery before and after the exercise programs consisting of behavioral, psychometric, and psychophysiological testing. The behavioral assessment consisted of repeated Type A interviews that were videotaped for subsequent component analyses. The psychometric testing included two self-report questionnaires to assess Type A behavior. The psychophysiological test consisted of a standard behavioral challenge, a mental arithmetic task, performed while cardiovascular responses were monitored. Aerobic exercise (AE) training consisted of 12 weeks of continuous walking or jogging at an intensity of at least 70% of subjects' initial maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) as determined by an initial treadmill test. Strength and flexibility (SF) training consisted of 12 weeks of circuit Nautilus training with no aerobic exercise. After 12 weeks of exercise, the AE group increased their VO2max by 15%, while the SF group did not change. Both groups experienced decreases in overt behavioral manifestations of the Type A behavior pattern and self-reported Type A traits. However, the AE group showed an attenuation of heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and estimated myocardial oxygen consumption (MVO2) during the task and had lower blood pressure, heart rate, and (MVO2) during recovery. In contrast, the SF group showed a significant reduction only in DBP during the task, which was likely due to habituation. These results support the use of aerobic exercise as a method for reducing cardiovascular risk among healthy Type A men.

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“…Techniques for relapse prevention and attribution of success to one's own efforts are also used. Anxiety management training was developed by Richard Suinn [12] and research on its use was blooming at the same time as SMT and SIT [13]. It is therefore not surprising that, as cognitive-behavior techniques, they share common roots and principles.…”

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