Abstract
Recent evidence suggests that the student version of the Jenkins Activity Survey, a major measure of the Type A behavior pattern, is composed of heterogeneous items, and, as a consequence, attenuates correlations with measures of psychological traits. The present study used two homogeneous subscales from the JAS to establish the relationship between two aspects of positive mental health (self-actualization and self-esteem) and components of the Type A syndrome (N=68). As expected, self-actualization and self-esteem are related to only one aspect of the Type A behavior patterns. This result is obscured when only total JAS scale scores are used. Implications for future Type A behavior research and for improving the JAS subscales are discussed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1406-1408 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Psychology |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1984 |
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Relationship between Type A behavior subscales and measures of positive mental health. / Leak, Gary K.; McCarthy, K.
In: Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 40, No. 6, 1984, p. 1406-1408.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Relationship between Type A behavior subscales and measures of positive mental health
AU - Leak, Gary K.
AU - McCarthy, K.
PY - 1984
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N2 - Recent evidence suggests that the student version of the Jenkins Activity Survey, a major measure of the Type A behavior pattern, is composed of heterogeneous items, and, as a consequence, attenuates correlations with measures of psychological traits. The present study used two homogeneous subscales from the JAS to establish the relationship between two aspects of positive mental health (self-actualization and self-esteem) and components of the Type A syndrome (N=68). As expected, self-actualization and self-esteem are related to only one aspect of the Type A behavior patterns. This result is obscured when only total JAS scale scores are used. Implications for future Type A behavior research and for improving the JAS subscales are discussed.
AB - Recent evidence suggests that the student version of the Jenkins Activity Survey, a major measure of the Type A behavior pattern, is composed of heterogeneous items, and, as a consequence, attenuates correlations with measures of psychological traits. The present study used two homogeneous subscales from the JAS to establish the relationship between two aspects of positive mental health (self-actualization and self-esteem) and components of the Type A syndrome (N=68). As expected, self-actualization and self-esteem are related to only one aspect of the Type A behavior patterns. This result is obscured when only total JAS scale scores are used. Implications for future Type A behavior research and for improving the JAS subscales are discussed.
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