TY - JOUR
T1 - Dimensions of anger and CHD in men and women
T2 - Self-ratings versus spouse ratings
AU - Siegman, Aron W.
AU - Townsend, Susan T.
AU - Blumenthal, Roger S.
AU - Sorkin, John D.
AU - Cahid Civelek, A.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - One hundred one males and 95 females referred for thallium stress testing were administered Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), the Ho scale cynicism items, the Cynical Beliefs Scale, and Bendig's Manifest Anxiety Scale. A subset of 53 males and 43 females was rated by their spouses by means of STAXI. Based on the thallium findings and their medical history, patients were classified either as healthy, or as having documented CHD, or as questionable. Patients' STAXI and cynicism measures were submitted to a principal-components analysis which yielded three factors: Impulsive Anger-out, In-wardly experienced anger, and Cynicism. The relationships between factor scores and documented CHD was determined by means of logistic regression analyses. Only Impulsive Anger- lout correlated (positively) with CHD, but only when based on spouses' ratings and only in males (p < .01, RR = 3.13). Covarying traditional risk factors and cynicism did not attenuate this relationship. However, a significant relationship between Ho scale cynicism and CHD did not survive adjustment for traditional risk factors. Anxiety was not a risk factor for CHD.
AB - One hundred one males and 95 females referred for thallium stress testing were administered Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), the Ho scale cynicism items, the Cynical Beliefs Scale, and Bendig's Manifest Anxiety Scale. A subset of 53 males and 43 females was rated by their spouses by means of STAXI. Based on the thallium findings and their medical history, patients were classified either as healthy, or as having documented CHD, or as questionable. Patients' STAXI and cynicism measures were submitted to a principal-components analysis which yielded three factors: Impulsive Anger-out, In-wardly experienced anger, and Cynicism. The relationships between factor scores and documented CHD was determined by means of logistic regression analyses. Only Impulsive Anger- lout correlated (positively) with CHD, but only when based on spouses' ratings and only in males (p < .01, RR = 3.13). Covarying traditional risk factors and cynicism did not attenuate this relationship. However, a significant relationship between Ho scale cynicism and CHD did not survive adjustment for traditional risk factors. Anxiety was not a risk factor for CHD.
KW - Anger-in
KW - Anger-out
KW - Anxiety
KW - Coronary heart disease
KW - Cynical mistrust
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1018725212562
DO - 10.1023/A:1018725212562
M3 - Article
C2 - 9789163
AN - SCOPUS:0031696924
SN - 0160-7715
VL - 21
SP - 315
EP - 336
JO - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 4
ER -