Friedman and Rosenman TYPE A
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- Created on: 20-04-15 09:29
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- Friedman and Rosenman TYPE A
- Hypothesis
- CHD is related to type A personality
- Procedure
- 3000 men aged 39- 59 from California examined for signs of CHD and personalities assessed using structured interview
- Interview on everyday pressure responses and was provocative to elict Type A behaviour
- Findings
- After 8 and half years twice as many type A participants died of Cardio problems (2.7%)
- 12.8% of Type A experienced heart attack
- 6% of Type B experienced heart attack
- 1.1% of Type B died of cardiovascular problems
- Evaluation
- 3,000 is large sample size
- Gender bias as only men (not representative, can't generalise) (Though men more likely to suffer from heart problems)
- Only from California (culturally limited, can't generalise)
- As correlational study can't establish cause and effect
- Ethical issues (Interview was provocative- could be stressful for participants)
- Practical application (Medical screening with personality test so will know who is more likely to suffer illnesses)
- Hypothesis
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