background today, continuous emergence of new jobs and elimination of old jobs have made a lot of problems for some individuals and in the meantime, developing countries transferring from traditional economy to world economy are more influenced by these changes. objectives considering the importance of personality types and the role of culture in job selection, the current study was conducted a...

Objectives The objective of this study is to determine predictors of deterioration in health related functional status (HRFS) six months after CABG and test a hypothesized model of the role played by Type D personality, increased levels of anxiety and depression in predicting deterioration in HRFS using a structural equation model (SEM). Methods We used multivariate logistic regression to exami...

OBJECTIVE Psychological interactions between parents,children and social environment are very important for childhood health. The type of personality and stressful events are probably also cancer risk factors. We investigated personality types A/B and D (negative affectivity and social inhibition) in parents of children with cancer (PCC), as well as social environmental factors, and family / ch...

BACKGROUND Type D personality is a risk indicator in cardiac patients. The validity and reliability of the Type D Scale (DS14) have been confirmed in Western Europe but not outside this context. PURPOSE We examined the structural, convergent, and divergent validity and the reliability of the DS14 in the Ukrainian setting. METHOD Healthy Ukrainian respondents (n = 250) completed the DS14, th...

Emotional difficulties, adjustment anxiety disorder, paranoid reactions and depression are among the common psychiatric disorders in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Type D personality is characterized by social inhibition negative affectivity. Individuals have difficulty coping chronic diseases. The aim of our study was to determine type symptoms COPD. A patient grou...

BACKGROUND Recent guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention advocate the importance of psychological risk factors, as they contribute to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. However, most previous research on psychological distress and cardiovascular factors has focused on selected populations with cardiovascular disease. AIM The primary aim was to determine the prevalence of ...

BACKGROUND There is few data evaluating the prevalence and influence of adverse psychological characteristics on the prognosis of individuals submitted to percutaneous coronary interventions. No study has addressed this issue in Brazil. OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, psychological stress, and Type D personality and its association with cardiovascular events in...

This study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between teachers' personality type (feeling vs. thinking) and speaking skill of pre- intermediate EFL students in Iranian context. Twelve teachers and forty eight students from a local language institute participated in the study. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), an instrument based on Jung’s personality theory, was taken from tea...

OBJECTIVE To assess the determinants of poor mid-term health related quality of life (HRQoL) at one year after primary isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS 463 patients who underwent primary isolated CABG for multivessel disease and came for their annual follow up at the outpatient clinic during one year at Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, were approached to participate in t...

Objective: To assess the determinants of poor mid-term health related quality of life (HRQoL) at one year after primary isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: 463 patients who underwent primary isolated CABG for multivessel disease and came for their annual follow up at the outpatient clinic during one year at Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, were approached to participate in t...