Theory and data in the study of 'coronary proneness' (type a behaviour pattern)

A. R. Radley

Social Science & Medicine, 1982, vol. 16, issue 1, 107-114

Abstract: Current research into 'coronary proneness' is considered particularly in relation to attempts to extend the idea of the Type A Behaviour Pattern. A generalised critique is made of research aiming at an explanation of 'coronary-proneness' through the association of empirical categories or through predictive investigations, which lead in the one case to a plethora of conceptually indistinct findings and in the other away from the elaboration of theory. By reference to the cross-disciplinary nature of work on this problem it is argued that the designation of people as 'Type A' is a categorical description rather than an explanation in terms of conceptually integrated theory. The assumptions underlying this issue are sought in the relation between medical and social scientific approaches to CHD, and a summary statement offered on this problem.

Date: 1982
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