Components of hostility and the severity of coronary artery disease

Previous research has linked various measures of hostility to the prevalence and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). The present study sought to determine whether some dimensions of hostility are differentially related to angiographically documented severity of coronary artery disease (CAD)....

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Published in:Psychosomatic medicine 1987-03, Vol.49 (2), p.127-135
Main Authors: SIEGMAN, A. W, DEMBROSKI, T. M, RINGEL, N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Coronary Disease - complications
Coronary Disease - psychology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hostility
Humans
Illness and personality
Male
Middle Aged
Neurotic Disorders - complications
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:Previous research has linked various measures of hostility to the prevalence and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). The present study sought to determine whether some dimensions of hostility are differentially related to angiographically documented severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Specifically, a hostility measure that correlates with indices of neuroticism was compared with a hostility measure unrelated to neurotic tendencies. For patients 60 years and younger, results were significant, revealing that neurotic hostility was inversely associated with severity of CAD whereas nonneurotic hostility scores were positively related to extent of disease. Overall hostility scores derived from the combination of the two kinds of hostility measures were unrelated to CAD severity. Results suggest that the multidimensional nature of the hostility construct should be appreciated in attempts to associate measures of hostility with manifestations of CHD.
ISSN:0033-3174
1534-7796
DOI:10.1097/00006842-198703000-00003