Associations between type A behaviour pattern and psychological distress

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-223

  Søgaard, Anne Johanne ^a,b   Dalgard, Odd Steffen ^a   Holme, Ingar ^c   Røysamb, Espen ^a,d   Håheim, Lise Lund ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL); Prospective cohort; Psychological distress; TABP; Type A behaviour pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORWAY; PENSIONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOM; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 40349116039     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0288-7     Document Type: Article

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