Type `A` Personality and its affect on Health

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Running Head : TYPE A PERSONALITY HEALTH

Type A personality and its affect on health

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Abstract

People suffering from Type A personality have got the tendency to suffer from heart diseases and as they suffer from massive job stress , they focus too little on social relationships , resulting in social isolation and more stress . Their chances of heart attack are more than other people . These people are characterized by aggressiveness and impatience They become impulsive if told

they had to wait in a line . People refer to them as rude and impatient guys . They are advised to be friendly towards the people around them . Type A personality health 3

People having type A personality are generally competitive and work-obsessed and this nature can develop many health related problems among them in the future . From their behavior general people call them rude and impatient . This has been stated in the website http /stress .about .com /od /understandingstress /a /type_a_person .htm Their main characteristics are impatience or time aggressiveness

People having type A personality can suffer from many health related problems like hypertension , heart disease and social isolation . All these have been described in the above mentioned website The website also states that these people suffer from high blood pressure and getting affected by heart disease once they reach the age of 65 is almost a certainty . As these people often land up in stressful jobs , they always suffer...