type B personality

Cardiologist Meyer Friedman argued that risk of heart disease is lower in individuals whose personality conforms to his description of type B characterized by a relaxed, deliberate, patient, and non-competitive approach to life with little need for advancement and achievement.

Also: type A personality

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