TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Type A, amicability and injury: a prospective study of air traffic controllers
JO  - Journal of psychosomatic research
A1  - Lee, D. J.
A1  - Rose, R. M.
A1  - Jenkins, C. D.
A1  - Niemcryk, S. J.
SP  - 177
EP  - 186
VL  - 33
IS  - 2
N2  - Recent research has suggested that only a subset of Type A's may be at higher risk for negative health outcomes. The present prospective study of 416 air traffic controllers attempted to determine if a sub-group of Type A's who were disliked by their co-workers had significantly higher risk of injury than liked A's and all Type B's over a 27-month period. Liked B's were not different in terms of injury incidence from their not liked B counterparts (mean annualised rates of injury = 1.9 and 2.1 respectively); not liked Type A's had the highest rates of injuries of any group (8.5) including liked Type A's (3.8). Some psychological instruments were useful in discriminating the Type A not liked group from their liked counterparts and from the Type B's. These discriminating variables were used as covariates to determine if the relationship between being classified a not liked Type A and elevated injury incidence remained. Multiple regression analysis showed that distress from life events and being a not liked Type A remained significantly correlated with later injury (standardised coefficients 0.16 and 0.25 respectively).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3999
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -