Disentangling the relationship between the achievement striving and impatience—irritability dimensions of type A behavior, performance and health
研究将A型行为分为成就追求和急躁易怒两个独立维度，发现成就追求正向预测学业成绩和校对表现，而急躁易怒则与头痛和睡眠问题相关，对健康干预有启示。
Abstract This study was conducted to replicate and extend previous findings that two independent dimensions of type A behavior, namely Impatience—Irritability (II) and Achievement Striving (AS), differentially predict health and performance. One hundred and thirteen university students provided their grade point average and completed questionnaires to measure II, AS and several health measures. They also performed a five‐minute proof‐reading task which yielded a behavioral measure of attention and concentration. As predicted, after partialling out the effects of II, AS predicted GPA and proof‐reading performance, but not health. After controlling for age and AS, II predicted headaches and sleep habits, but neither respiratory infections nor digestive problems. Implications for the differential prediction of health and performance by AS and II, and interventions designed to decrease risk from type A behavior by reducing II but not AS, are discussed.