Familial similarity in Type A behaviour and physiological measurements as related to sex
作者:
ULF LUNDBERG,
BIRGITTA RASCH,
OLOF WESTERMARK,
期刊:
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(WILEY Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 31,
issue 1
页码: 34-41
ISSN:0036-5564
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9450.1990.tb00799.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Type A;sex differences;psychophysiology
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Thirty‐one families with pre‐school children were examined with regard to Type A behaviour and cardiovascular and neuroendocrine measurements. Type A scores (MYTH) of the children from the ages of three to six were positively correlated with independent Type A measurements (Jenkins Activity Survey, Bortner Type A scale) of the parents (significant for fathers but not for mothers). The children's resting systolic blood pressures were significantly correlated with maternal and paternal values, while no significant familial aggregation was found for diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, catecholamine or cortisol excretion. The children's systolic and diastolic blood pressures and adrenaline excretion were significantly correlated between ages three and six. The results are consistent with the assumption that genetic as well as environmental factors contribute to the development of Type A behaviour. No significant association was found between Type A scores and physiological measurements during routine activities in the children or the adu
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