Offutt C, Lacroix J M
Department of Psychology, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J Behav Med. 1988 Jun;11(3):227-37. doi: 10.1007/BF00844429.
This study examined the relationship between the Type A Behavior Pattern and reporting of a constellation of physical symptoms related to respiratory infections using a prospective design. The results indicate that Types A and B students did not differ significantly in their reports of the frequency or severity of the constellation of symptoms or of individual symptoms over an 87-day period. Furthermore, there were no type differences in the frequency or severity of the symptom constellation reported during a competitive and highly challenging period of time. In view of the contradiction in previously published reports (i.e., reports of both positive and negative relationships between Type A and symptom reporting) and the robust methodological design utilized in the present study, the wholly negative nature of these findings point strongly to the absence of Type A/B differences in symptom reporting.
本研究采用前瞻性设计，考察了A型行为模式与一系列与呼吸道感染相关的身体症状报告之间的关系。结果表明，在87天的时间里，A型和B型学生在症状群或个体症状的频率和严重程度报告上没有显著差异。此外，在竞争激烈且极具挑战性的时间段内报告的症状群的频率或严重程度也没有类型差异。鉴于先前发表的报告存在矛盾（即A型与症状报告之间既有正相关关系也有负相关关系的报告），以及本研究采用的稳健的方法设计，这些结果完全为阴性这一性质有力地表明在症状报告方面不存在A型/B型差异。
