TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between type a behavior subscales and measures of positive mental health
AU - Leak, Gary K.
AU - McCarthy, Kathleen
PY - 1984/11
Y1 - 1984/11
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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U2 - 10.1002/1097-4679(198411)40:6<1406::AID-JCLP2270400622>3.0.CO;2-L
DO - 10.1002/1097-4679(198411)40:6<1406::AID-JCLP2270400622>3.0.CO;2-L
M3 - Article
C2 - 6511954
AN - SCOPUS:0021681087
VL - 40
SP - 1406
EP - 1408
JO - In Session - Psychotherapy in Practice
JF - In Session - Psychotherapy in Practice
SN - 0021-9762
IS - 6
ER -