A Comparison of Type a Behaviour Pattern, Hostility and Typus Melancholicus in Japanese and American Students: Effects of Defensiveness

Isao Fukunishi, Takayuki Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakamura, Joichi Ogawa and Tetsuya Nakagawa
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Isao Fukunishi: Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156, Japan
Takayuki Nakagawa: Setouchi Junior College, Kagawa, Japan
Hiroshi Nakamura: Setouchi Junior College, Kagawa, Japan
Joichi Ogawa: Fukuoka Prefecture College, Fukuoka, Japan
Tetsuya Nakagawa: Fukuoka Prefecture College, Fukuoka, Japan

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1993, vol. 39, issue 1, 58-63

Abstract: A comparison of Type A behaviour pattern, hostility and Typus Melancholicus (TM) was examined in a sample of 228 Japanese and 121 American college students. It was found that: the Japanese students expressed Type A, especially hostility, less strongly than American ones; TM was seen to the same degree in both Japanese and American students; Type A was related to hostility and TM in both groups of students; and compared with American students, the Japanese students displayed the defensiveness more frequently, and there appeared to be a strong relationship between defensiveness and hostility. These results suggest the possibility that hostility, a component element of Type A, is manifested under the influence of defensiveness, which is partially related to a variety of different sociocultural contexts.

Date: 1993
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