OPTIMISM, TYPE-A BEHAVIOR, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN JAPANESE WOMEN

Authors
SUMI K HORIE K HAYAKAWA S
Citation
K. Sumi et al., OPTIMISM, TYPE-A BEHAVIOR, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN JAPANESE WOMEN, Psychological reports, 80(1), 1997, pp. 43-48
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
80
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
43 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1997)80:1<43:OTBAPW>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The relations of self-report scores for optimism, Type A behavior, and stress with those for depression and anxiety were examined in 144 Jap anese female college students. A significant interaction of scores on optimism and Type A behavior indicated that subjects who reported high er optimism and higher Type A behavior had a lower mean for anxiety th an those who reported lower optimism and higher Type A behavior.