type A personality

Cardiologist Meyer Friedman argued that risk of heart disease is higher in individuals whose personality conforms to his description of type A characterized by aggressiveness, competitiveness, impatience and desperate need for advancement and achievement.

Also: type B personality

• Friedman, Meyer Treating Type A Behavior - And Your Heart Mass Market Paperback - November 1985

• Friedman, Meyer Type A Behavior and Your Heart

• Friedman, Meyer Type A Behavior- Its Diagnosis and Treatment Hardcover

• Friedman, Meyer Type A Behavior - Its Diagnosis and Treatment (Prevention in Practice Library , Vol 1) Paperback - November 1996

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