Type D Personality is Not Associated with Coronary Heart Disease Risk in a North American Sample of Retirement-aged Adults

Larson, Noel; Barger, Steven D.; Sydeman, Sumner J.

doi:10.1007/s12529-012-9223-8

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“…A high level of NA has been shown to contribute to depression among adolescent girls [37]. Previous studies have also shown that the NA subscale is the one most associated to negative clinical outcome [20,38]. However, although no significant interaction effects were found, the explained variance according to Nagelkerke’s R 2 increased dramatically in the interaction models compared to the analyses of the dichotomized Type D personality variable.…”

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Type D personality is a risk factor for psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents

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BackgroundType D personality, or the “distressed personality”, is a psychosocial factor associated with negative health outcomes, although its impact in younger populations is unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Type D personality and the associations between Type D personality and psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescences.MethodsA population-based, self-reported cross-sectional study conducted in Västmanland, Sweden with a cohort of 5012 students in the age between 15–18 years old. The participants completed the anonymous questionnaire Survey of Adolescent Life in Västmanland 2008 during class hour. Psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain were measured through index measuring the presence of symptoms and how common they were. DS14 and its two component subscales of negative affectivity (NA) and social inhibition (SI) were measured as well.ResultsThere was a difference depending on sex, where 10.4% among boys and 14.6% among girls (p = < 0.001) were defined as Type D personality. Boys and girls with a Type D personality had an approximately 2-fold increased odds of musculoskeletal pain and a 5-fold increased odds of psychosomatic symptoms. The subscale NA explained most of the relationship between Type D personality and psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain. No interaction effect of NA and SI was found.ConclusionsThere was a strong association between Type D personality and both psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain where adolescent with a type D personality reported more symptoms. The present study contributes to the mapping of the influence of Type D on psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents.

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Type D personality is a risk factor for psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents

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“…risk of first coronary event in individuals without clinically established coronary disease; Larson et al, 2013).…”

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Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity to an ecologically valid multitasking stressor

Kelly-Hughes¹,

Wetherell²,

Smith³

2014

Psychology & Health

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Previous research investigating the influence of Type D personality on cardiovascular reactivity to stress in healthy young adults is somewhat mixed. The present study sought to investigate this question using an ecologically valid laboratory stressor. Beat-to-beat blood pressure and heart rate were measured in 77 healthy young adults during exposure to multitasking stress. Mood and background stress were both associated with Type D personality when Type D was conceptualised as a dimensional construct, with less robust findings observed using the traditional dichotomous typological approach. However, the continuous Type D construct added limited predictive value of the self-report measures above that of its constituent components, negative affectivity (NA) and social inhibition (SI).Further, an inverse relationship between the continuous Type D construct and blood pressure reactivity to multitasking stress was observed. In summary, our findings suggest that Type D personality is predictive of blunted cardiovascular reactivity to stress in healthy individuals when Type D is considered as a dimensional construct and the independent influence of NA and SI is controlled for. Further, our findings suggest that Type D does not predict additional variance in mood and background stress above that of NA and SI when these constituent factors are considered independently.

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“…Type D personality has also been studied regarding the risk of CHD in populations without clinically established CHD [25]. Findings across studies are inconsistent, as several studies have failed to find any associations between Type D personality and cardiovascular outcomes [26], and provided ambiguous evidence regarding whether Type D personality can predict CHD. Denollet et al made the assumption that Type D personality is a significant predictor of cardiovascular events after adjustment for depressive symptoms because of the fact that the subcomponents of Type D personality, negative affectivity and social inhibition, activate different brain parts and result in different cortisol responses after exposure to social threats [27].…”

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Stress, D -Type Personality and Coronary Disease

Milić¹

2017

FU Med Biol

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Type D Personality is Not Associated with Coronary Heart Disease Risk in a North American Sample of Retirement-aged Adults

Cited by 12 publications

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Type D personality is a risk factor for psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents

Type D personality is a risk factor for psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents

Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity to an ecologically valid multitasking stressor

Stress, D -Type Personality and Coronary Disease

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