Type A Behavior - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803940904 ISBN 13: 9780803940901

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1991

Synopsis

Do environmental or genetic factors play a role in the development of Type A behavior? Do Type A parents raise Type A children? Does gender affect the development of Type A behavior? How can you develop and evaluate programs aimed at altering Type A behavior? This important volume brings together leading scholars to answer fundamental and challenging questions about Type A behavior--its origin and its sustenance. Presenting an exciting glimpse of current Type A research, this volume discusses many timely issues including theoretical advances, hostility, special populations, measurement and prediction refinements, work settings, medical and psychological refinements and extensions, and interventions. Type A Behavior will make fascinating reading for professionals and students in the areas of psychology, nursing, social work, organizational studies, interpersonal violence, and gender studies. "Stimulating discussions of a subject of intense interest to everyone....Readily accessible to the concerned layman. . . . Important reading." --Scott Winokur, San Francisco Examiner

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803940904
• ISBN 13: 9780803940901
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Strube Michael J.