PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF TYPE A BEHA

拟议研究的一个主要目标是测试并发 在一般人群样本中，结构化面试的关系 慢性(血小板儿茶酚胺)的A型全局性和成分性措施 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 被包括为唤醒水平的潜在测量，以及 这些措施包括全球和A类成分措施以及血浆 并测定血小板儿茶酚胺含量。第二次初选 目标是检验全球范围内 健康、慢性病和功能残疾的衡量标准 全球和A组分的行为，血浆和血小板的儿茶酚胺， 心率、血压和瞳孔大小。第三个主要目标是 要测试全球健康、慢性疾病的长期(五年)可预测性 疾病和功能残疾，来自全球和组成部分的衡量标准 A型行为，以及健康行为、婚姻压力、 和配偶特征。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，在已婚夫妇中有不同的组合 全局和组件类型A分类。第五个主要目标是 为了测试夫妻之间的相对婚姻稳定性和健康状况， 全球分类和A类成分分类的不同组合。一个 第六个主要目标是将长期稳定与 全局型和A型部件的短期测试-重测可靠性 行为评估。此外，次要的方法论目标 本研究的目的是：1)提供关于大学生心理健康因素结构的数据 A型行为的成分测量与A型行为的相关性 具有全球A类措施的组件，2)提供关于以下方面的附加数据 全球和A类成分的评分者之间的可靠性， 以及3)提供全球和 A类成分衡量社会人口统计变量，包括种族， 性别、收入、教育程度、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.