GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIANCE OF FRAMINGHAM AND BORTNER TYPE-A MEASURES

Citation
Ss. Knox et D. Follmann, GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIANCE OF FRAMINGHAM AND BORTNER TYPE-A MEASURES, Journal of psychosomatic research, 37(7), 1993, pp. 709-716
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
ISSN journal
00223999
Volume
37
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
709 - 716
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3999(1993)37:7<709:GDITPV>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The object of the present study was to determine whether the non-genet ic variance of a Type A scale composed of Framingham and Bortner items had gender specific psychosocial components. The study was performed on a group of Swedish twins so that variance explained by heritability for Type A could first be removed from the equation. The overall Type A score had been found to relate to self-reported CHD in this populat ion. The dependent variable was the standardized score residual remain ing after removing the genetic variance (i.e., that explained by co-tw in score and zygosity). Multiple regression analyses revealed that the re were differences in the psychosocial components of the Type A resid ual in men and women. These results are discussed in terms of cultural ly accepted gender roles and their possible implications for health en dpoints.