Beliefs and Fears Underlying Type a Behaviour

Abstract

Price proposed that Type A behaviour allows individuals to cope with fears and anxieties engendered by beliefs they develop about their environment through socialization. This study tests her cognitive social-learning model of Type A behaviour by developing measures of beliefs and fears and validating them against a standardized Type A measure, Jenkins Activity Survey. 153 male and female university students of administration responded to questionnaires, assessing 3 beliefs, 4 fears, and 4 aspects of Type A behaviour. Measures of beliefs and fears had desirable psychometric properties and produced modest relationships with Jenkins' scores.