ReviewIndian heart journal2018
Role of personality in cardiovascular diseases: An issue that needs to be focused too!
Review in Indian heart journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- Type A and Type D Personality in Cardiovascular Health: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Investigating the Relationship Between Type D Personality Characteristics and Self-Efficacy in Coronary Artery Disease Patients With Type A Personality: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Analysis of the Influence of Personality Traits on the Level of Knowledge and Health Behaviours of Cardiac Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- Executive Attentional Dyscontrol as a Core Cognitive and Behavioral Feature of Individuals with Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Cross-Sectional Investigation.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Unity of Disease and Unity of Cure: An Evidence-based Perspective.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2023Review
- Positivity and Health Locus of Control: Key Variables to Intervene on Well-Being of Cardiovascular Disease Patients.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Mediating role of coping styles on the relationship between personality types and mental disorders in cardiovascular patients: a cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Personality, Risk Perceptions, and Health Behaviors: A Two-Wave Study on Reciprocal Relations in Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Type D Personality and Health Behaviors in People Living with Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The influence of personality on the risk of myocardial infarction in UK Biobank cohort.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Physical Aggression and Coronary Artery Calcification: A North Texas Healthy Heart Study.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- The associations of hostility and defensiveness with telomere length are influenced by sex and health status.Biology of sex differences · 2021Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Urdu Version of the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Hostile personality as a risk factor for hyperglycemia and obesity in adult populations: a systematic review.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2020Review
- Associations of conscientiousness with cardiac troponin T and stress coping responses in a teacher cohort: the SABPA prospective cohort study.Cardiovascular journal of AfricaArticle
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Abstract
This review provides a broad overview of the relationship of personality with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). There has been a sustained interest over the last half a century on the issue of relationship between personality traits and CVDs. Type A behavior was the initial focus of inquiry as it was observed that individuals who were competitive, hostile, and excessively driven were overrepresented among patients seeking treatment for CVDs and also were prone to develop coronary artery disease/syndrome. However, the research gradually expanded to assess the relationship of cardiac morbidity with various other personality facets. Furthermore, studies found out that negative effects (including anger and hostility) were also associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Subsequently, a new personality entity named as the type D 'distressed' personality, which combined negative affectivity and social inhibition. type D personality then became the area of research and was demonstrated to be related with poorer cardiac outcomes. Interestingly, the results of various research studies are not equivocal, and hence, there are several critiques related to the current understanding of the link between personality construct and the risk of development as well as the outcome of CVDs. Furthermore, few personality traits such as optimism, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and curiosity have been found to be protective factors against development of CVDs and therefore are called 'cardioprotective' personality traits. A detailed discussion on the various aspects of personality in relation to CVDs along with a critical appraisal has been presented in this review.
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