Evaluation of type a/b
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- Evaluation of Type A and Type B personalities
- Myrtek
- carried out a meta-analysis of 35 studies
- found an association between CHD and only one component of the Type A personality - hostility
- there was no evidence of an association between CHD and other components of the Type A personality
- challenged the earlier conclusion that Type A behaviour was a significant risk factor for increased mortality from CHD
- carried out a meta-analysis of 35 studies
- Ragland and Brown
- carried out a follow-up study of Friedman and Rosenman pp's 22yrs after the start of the study
- found no relationship between Type A personality and death from CHD
- challenging the claim that Type A personality was a significant risk factor
- Myrtek
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