DIFFERENCES IN ANGER, HOSTILITY, AND INTERPERSONAL AGGRESSIVENESS IN TYPE-A AND TYPE-B ADOLESCENTS

This study investigated self-reported anger, hostility, interpersonal aggressiveness, and self-confidence in 19 Type A and 11 Type B adolesc ent boys ages 15 and 16. it was hypothesized that Type As would report greater trait anger and aggressiveness, less confidence in interperso nal relating, and would endorse a pattern of expression of anger and a ggressiveness that would differ from Type Bs. No significant differenc es were found between Type As and Type Bs on measures of global anger and aggressiveness, and no significant relationship between interperso nal hostility and self-confidence was demonstrated. Type As, however, were found to be more likely than Type Bs to report that they lose the ir temper and that they act in physically aggressive, verbally aggress ive, and passive aggressive ways. Results were discussed in terms of t he similarity of this pattern in Type A adolescent boys to that descri bed for adult Type A men. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.