Type A behavior pattern: relationship to variation in blood pressure, parental characteristics, and XXXX and social activities of students.

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This study has analyzed the relationships between the Type A, or coronary-prone, behavior pattern and several physiological, behavioral and psychosocial characteristics and also has tested whether an increase in @entity4207 demands was associated with an increase in students' Type A scores. The Type A behavior pattern, as assessed by the Type A score of the Jenkins Activity Survey, was not related to average blood pressure, variability in blood pressure over a nine-week period, or increases in blood pressure following weeks when the respondent's normal life routine had been disrupted. Students who were more Type A spent more time studying or in classes. Type A students also had higher grade point averages. In contrast, Type A students were not more successful in relationships with the opposite sex nor in social relationships generally. Thus, the Type A behavior pattern appears to contribute to career success, which has traditionally been emphasized for @entity1 , but not to social success of the type that has traditionally been emphasized for @entity1 . Type A @entity1 recalled their fathers as having been more severe, having punished them more often physically, and having made them feel resentful rather than guilty when punished. Type A @entity1 recalled their mothers as having punished them more often physically. These parental behaviors may contribute to the development of anger and @entity146 , which are important components of the Type A behavior pattern. For the students who showed a large change in Type A scores between the beginning and the end of the @entity4207 semester, Type A scores increased at the end of the semester. Students with greater evidence of @entity4207 pressure showed more increase in Type A scores.
