The type A/B behaviour pattern in samples of urban and rural men

The present study assessed the prevalence of the Type A behaviour pattern i n a rural and an urban sample of men in Norway. The study was carried throu gh on data collected for other purposes, reported earlier in 1998 and 1999, to evaluate whether there were differences in Type A behaviour pattern bet ween the two environmental settings. The Type A behaviour pattern was asses sed in both studies using the Jenkins Activity Survey. Analysis of the data on the Global Type A scale indicated that, on average, participants in bot h environments reported as Type Bs as opposed to Type As. However, the dist ribution of scores on the subscales of the Jenkins Activity Survey showed t hat mean scores on the Type A behaviour attributes were higher in the urban sample than those in the rural sample. The results concerning the expressi on of the Global Type A from these samples supported expectations about dif ferences in challenges of a competitive environment such as an urban settin g, expressed in the literature.