Type A Behavior

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803940904
• ISBN13: 9780803940901
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.3"