Subjective mental workload in type A women

This study investigated the subjective mental workload in Type A women duri ng a tracing task by analyzing ratings of six subscales (i.e., mental deman d, physical demand, temporal demand, own performance, effort, and frustrati on level) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load In dex (NASA-TLX). Eight Type A and eight Type B women performed a tracing tas k for 30 min. The task consisted of three 10 min trials. Subjects rated the ir subjective workload on six subscales at the end of each trial. It was fo und that ratings of mental demand, physical demand, own performance, effort , and frustration level after the task were higher than those of Type B wom en. The ranks of ratings of frustration level in Type A women were quite hi gh, whereas those of Type B women were quite low throughout the trials. The se results suggest that Type A women felt a greater subjective mental workl oad for some specific aspects as compared with Type B women. In particular, it seems that higher ratings and ranks of frustration level in Type A wome n greatly contributed toward increasing overall workload in Type A women.