Condén, E. 2014. Type D Personality. Psychometric Properties of the DS14 and Associations with Ill Health and Coronary Heart Disease in General and Clinical Populations. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1034. 74 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9052-2. Type D personality, or distressed personality, refers to the jo...

BACKGROUND Anemia is associated with poor prognosis in heart failure (HF) patients. Contributors to the risk of anemia in HF include hemodilution, renal dysfunction and inflammation. Hemoglobin levels may also be negatively affected by alterations in stress regulatory systems. Therefore, psychological distress characterized by such alterations may adversely affect hemoglobin in HF. The associat...

The “Five-Factor” model of personality types has been utilised by a number of computer science and psychology academics as a framework to explore aspects of Internet adoption, and more recently Social Media adoption and behaviours. While the use of personality type models in research has been less popular with marketing academics, the Five Factor Model has been used to predict the emotional app...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore the association between quality of life (QOL) and type D personality, which is characterized by the traits of negative affectivity and social inhibition, and to further identify impacts of these traits after controlling for biophysical and psychological factors in colorectal cancer survivors. DESIGN Cross-sectional and correlational. SETTING Oncology and surgic...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between emotional labor and burnout, and whether the levels of self-efficacy and type A personality characteristics increase the risk of burnout in a sample of Korean female dental hygienists. Participants were 807 female dental hygienists with experience in performing customer service for one year or more in dental clinics, dental hospi...

conclusions according to the results of this study, we can conclude that our suggested model is suited to explaining the pathways of stress among iranian male staff. results a total of 575 individuals (all male) were recruited for the study. their mean (±sd) age was 33.49 (±8.9) and their mean job experience was 12.79 (±8.98) years. the pathway of job stress among iranian male staff showed an a...

BACKGROUND In the Netherlands, as in many European countries, inequalities in health exist between people with a high and a low socioeconomic status (SES). From the perspective of the 'indirect selection hypothesis', this study was designed to expand our understanding of the role of Type D personality as an explanation of health inequalities. METHODS Data came from two cross-sectional Dutch s...

Aims. To examine the association between Type D personality and HbA1c level and to explore the mediating role of medication adherence between them in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods. 330 patients went on to complete a self-report measure of medication adherence and the HbA1c tests. Chi-square test, T test, Ordinary Least Square Regression (OLS), and Recentered Influence F...

OBJECTIVE There are many studies indicating the role of psychological factors in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disorders. Type D as a new personality construct has been proposed by Denollet, characterized by the joint global traits including negative affectivity and social inhibition. The purpose of this study was to examine the link between type D personality and hyperlipidemia in patient...