Type D personality and illness perceptions in myocardial infarction patients

Lynn Williams, Rory O'Connor, Neil R. Grubb, Ronan E O'Carroll

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Objectives To determine the relationship between Type D personality (the tendency to experience negative emotions and to be socially inhibited) and illness beliefs in postmyocardial infarction (MI) patients. Methods One hundred and ninety-two MI patients participated. Patients were assessed on demographic variables and completed the Type D Scale (DS14) and Brief Illness Perceptions Questionnaire one week post-MI. Results Multivariate analysis of variance revealed that Type D patients were significantly different from non-Type D patients on every illness perception dimension. Type D patients believe that their illness has significantly more serious consequences (P<.001), will last significantly longer (P<.001), will be significantly less controllable by them (P<.05) or through treatment (P<.001) compared to non-Type D patients, and experience significantly more symptoms that they attribute to their illness (P<.001). In addition, they are significantly more concerned about their illness (P<.05), experience significantly more emotions as a result (P<.001), and find their illness to be significantly less comprehensible compared to non-Type D individuals (P<.001). Conclusion Type D individuals possess a distinct profile of illness beliefs, which may help explain the adverse effect of Type D on health outcomes following MI. Future research should evaluate intervention strategies to tackle illness perceptions in these high-risk patients.
LanguageEnglish
Pages141-144
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume70
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2011
Externally publishedYes

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Type D Personality
Myocardial Infarction
Emotions
Infarction
Analysis of Variance
Multivariate Analysis
Demography

Keywords

  • illness perceptions
  • myocardial infarction
  • type D personality

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Williams, Lynn ; O'Connor, Rory ; Grubb, Neil R. ; O'Carroll, Ronan E. / Type D personality and illness perceptions in myocardial infarction patients. In: Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2011 ; Vol. 70, No. 2. pp. 141-144.
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Williams, L, O'Connor, R, Grubb, NR & O'Carroll, RE 2011, 'Type D personality and illness perceptions in myocardial infarction patients' Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 141-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.07.015

Type D personality and illness perceptions in myocardial infarction patients. / Williams, Lynn; O'Connor, Rory; Grubb, Neil R.; O'Carroll, Ronan E.

In: Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Vol. 70, No. 2, 01.02.2011, p. 141-144.

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Williams L, O'Connor R, Grubb NR, O'Carroll RE. Type D personality and illness perceptions in myocardial infarction patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2011 Feb 1;70(2):141-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.07.015

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