TYPE-A BEHAVIOR PATTERN AND ESCALATING COMMITMENT

Subjects (N = 98) were randomly assigned to high- and low-responsibili ty conditions in a commitment-escalation experiment. Global Type A beh avior pattern and the underlying dimension of achievement strivings we re positively related to the desire to continue the same course of act ion in the high prior-responsibility condition but not in the low prio r-responsibility condition. These findings are discussed in terms of f uture research into the judgment processes of people with Type A perso nality and the possible role of escalating commitment in disorders exp erienced by people with Type A personality.