TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality self perceptions of male heart patients and their wives
T2 - Issues of congruence and 'coronary personality'
AU - Croog, S. H.
AU - Koslowsky, M.
AU - Levine, S.
PY - 1976
Y1 - 1976
N2 - This study examines personality self ratings of 283 married men who recently experienced a first myocardial infarction and who previously had been free from major disease. Similar data were collected from their 'non cardiac' wives. Results indicated that several traits often identified as descriptive of 'coronary prone' personality had high mean ratings in both husband and wife populations. In addition, factor analysis revealed a similar pattern of factors in each group. However, inspection of correlations showed for individual items, men with so called 'coronary prone' personality traits did not generally have wives with these traits. Husbands and wives tended to agree regarding each other's personality self ratings. Implications of these husband wife data are discussed in regard to questions on the role of 'coronary prone' personality in heart disease.
AB - This study examines personality self ratings of 283 married men who recently experienced a first myocardial infarction and who previously had been free from major disease. Similar data were collected from their 'non cardiac' wives. Results indicated that several traits often identified as descriptive of 'coronary prone' personality had high mean ratings in both husband and wife populations. In addition, factor analysis revealed a similar pattern of factors in each group. However, inspection of correlations showed for individual items, men with so called 'coronary prone' personality traits did not generally have wives with these traits. Husbands and wives tended to agree regarding each other's personality self ratings. Implications of these husband wife data are discussed in regard to questions on the role of 'coronary prone' personality in heart disease.
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U2 - 10.2466/pms.1976.43.3.927
DO - 10.2466/pms.1976.43.3.927
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C2 - 1012874
AN - SCOPUS:0017033831
SN - 0031-5125
VL - 43
SP - 927
EP - 937
JO - Perceptual and Motor Skills
JF - Perceptual and Motor Skills
IS - 3 (I)
ER -