TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Type D (distressed) personality and its assessment with the DS14 in Lithuanian patients with coronary artery disease
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Bunevicius, Adomas
A1  - Staniute, Margarita
A1  - Brozaitiene, Julija
A1  - Stropute, Dalia
A1  - Bunevicius, Robertas
A1  - Denollet, Johan
SP  - 1242
EP  - 1251
VL  - 18
IS  - 9
N2  - We examined Type D personality (combination of negative affectivity with social inhibition) and its assessment with the DS14 in 543 Lithuanian coronary patients. Psychometric analyses confirmed the two-factor structure, internal consistency (α = 0.84/α = 0.75), and test-retest reliability (r = 0.69/0.81) of the DS14 negative affectivity and inhibition components. Negative affectivity correlated (r = -0.58) with emotional stability and social inhibition (r = -0.46) with extraversion; correlations with other Big-Five traits ranged between r = -0.11 and -0.19. Type D patients (34%) had a ninefold increased odds of depression (95% confidence interval = 5.01-17.36) and a fivefold increased odds of anxiety (95% confidence interval = 3.47-7.97). These findings support the validity of the Type D construct in Lithuania.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105312459098
ID  - ref1
ER  -