PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF TYPE A BEHA

拟议研究的一个主要目标是测试并发症 在一般人群样本中，结构化访谈 A型总体和慢性组分指标（血小板儿茶酚胺） 和交感神经系统的急性（血浆儿茶酚胺）水平 活动 心率、血压和瞳孔大小的测量也将 被包括作为唤醒水平的潜在测量，以及 这些措施与全球和组件A型措施和等离子体 并测定血小板儿茶酚胺测量值。 第二主 目的是测试全球的措施的并发关系 健康、慢性病和功能性残疾， 整体和组分A型行为，血浆和血小板儿茶酚胺， 心率血压和瞳孔大小 第三个主要目标是 为了测试全球健康的长期（五年）可预测性， 疾病和功能性残疾 A型行为，沿着健康行为，婚姻压力， 配偶的特征。 第四个主要目标是测试 慢性和急性交感-肾上腺反应的差异，如 通过血小板和血浆儿茶酚胺、瞳孔大小、心率和 血压，已婚夫妇有不同的组合， 全球和组件A型分类。 第五个主要目标是 来测试夫妻的婚姻稳定性和健康状况， A类全球分类和A类组件分类的不同组合。 一 第六个主要目标是将长期稳定性与 整体和分量A型的短期重测信度 行为评估。 此外，次级方法学目标 建议的研究是：1）提供关于因素结构的数据， A型行为的组成措施和相关性 组件与全球A型措施，2）提供额外的数据， 整体和分量A型测量的评定者间可靠性， 和3）提供全球和全球的关系的复制， A类成分衡量社会人口变量，包括种族， 性别、收入、教育、年龄、职业和婚姻状况。

One primary objective of the proposed study is to test the concurrent relationship, in a general population sample, of the structured interview Type A global and component measures to chronic (platelet catecholamines) and acute (plasma catecholamines) levels of sympathetic nervous system activity. Measures of heart rate, blood pressure, and pupil size will also be included as potential measures of arousal level, and the correlations of these measures with the global and component Type A measures and the plasma and platelet catecholamine measures will be determined. A second primary objective is to test the concurrent relationship of measures of global health, chronic illness, and functional disability to the measures of global and component Type A behavior, plasma and platelet catecholamines, heart rate, blood pressure, and pupil size. A third primary objective is to test the long-term (five year) predictability of global health, chronic illness, and functional disability from measures of global and component Type A behavior, along with measures of health behavior, marital stress, and spouse characteristics. A fourth primary objective is to test differences in the chronic and acute sympathetic-adrenal responses, as assessed by platelet and plasma catecholamines, pupil size, heart rate, and blood pressure, among married couples having different combinations of global and component Type A classifications. A fifth primary objective is to test the comparative marital stability and health of couples having different combinations of global and component Type A classifications. A sixth primary objective is to compare the long-term stability with the short-term test-retest reliability of the global and component Type A behavior assessments. In addition, secondary, methodological objectives of the proposed study are to: 1) provide data on the factor structure of the component measures of Type A behavior and the correlations of the components with the global Type A measure, 2) provide additional data on the interrater reliabilities of the global and component Type A measures, and 3) provide a replication of the relationships of the global and component Type A measures to sociodemographic variables, including race, sex, income, education, age, occupation, and marital status.