| dc.description.abstract | Controversy exists around whether the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS),
a questionnaire measuring the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern,
correlates with measures of pathology. The present study investigated
this question by administering the JAS (form T) and the MMPI
(Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) to 2 samples of University
students, summer and fall. Experiment 1 served as a pilot
study with the administration of Form R of the MMPI (399 items) and
the JAS with a group of summer students. Although some significant
correlations were obtained, the results of Experiment 1 indicate
that traditional measures of psychopathology are generally unrelated
to the JAS. A more rigorous examination of the relationship between
the MMPI and the JAS was sought in the second experiment using the
long form of the MMPI (566 items) and a much larger sample size.
Contrary to Experiment 1, the results of Experiment 2 indicate a
strong relationship between the Speed and Impatience subscale of
the JAS and psychopathology, particularly for females. In addition,
the large number of significant correlations and the large number
of Type A's evidencing elevated MMPI scales (T-scores >70), suggests
that the Type A behavior pattern may be associated with psychopathology. | |
