Type A Behavior Pattern, Daily Hassles, and Stress Responses in University Students

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  • 大学生のタイプA行動パターンと日常苛立ち事, ストレス反応の関連
  • ダイガクセイ ノ タイプ A コウドウ パターン ト ニチジョウ イラダチ ジ

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Type A behavior pattern has been established as a risk factor for coronary heart disease. It has been suggested that Type A individuals who are characterized as hard-driving, competitive, time-urgent, and impatient tended to increase stressors such as daily hassles and stressful life events. It has been also hypothesized that Type A individuals would suppress their subjective symptoms under stressful condition. The present study examined relationships between Type A behavior pattern and daily hassles, and stress responses of university students. To accomplish this, a questionnaire that consists of Type A behavior pattern scale (Jenkins Activity Survey) and psychological and physical stress response scale was administered to 835 students in Okinawa. The results were as follows. Subjects who are living outside their own homes reported significantly more daily hassles, depressive effect, anxiety, slowness of thinking, helplessness, withdrawal, restlessness than subjects who are living in their own homes. Consequently, it was considered that subjects who are living outside their own home would be a high stress group. Subjects with Type A behavior pattern reported significantly more daily hassles, irritation, unrealistic wishes than their counterpart. It was revealed that daily hassles correlated positively with stress responses among subjects with each behavior pattern and each stress group respectively. However, subjects with Type A behavior pattern of the high stress group did not show relationships between daily hassles and any stress responses. These results show that Type A individuals have more stressors than Type B individuals, and that Type A individuals under stressful conditions have no relationship with stressors and stress responses.

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