TY - JOUR
T1 - Statistical discrimination of male myocardial infarction patients and healthy males by means of a psychological test and a tracing of basic dimensions of the infarction personality
AU - van Dijl, H.
AU - Nagelkerke, N.
PY - 1980/1/1
Y1 - 1980/1/1
N2 - 434 male MI patients and 731 ‘healthy’ controls filled out the retrospective RSL psychological questionnaire. This test has shown to discriminate significantly between a considerable number of clinical statements describing MI patients, and a healthy population. A principal factor analysis (with Varimax rotation) on 27 discriminating items from a multivariate discriminant function produced four factors: Depressiveness, hostility, work involvement, and job responsibility. The dimensions of work involvement, and job responsibility are well known from other studies on psychological characteristics of the assumed MI personality. The dimensions of depressiveness and hostility, however, may constitute important new contributions.
AB - 434 male MI patients and 731 ‘healthy’ controls filled out the retrospective RSL psychological questionnaire. This test has shown to discriminate significantly between a considerable number of clinical statements describing MI patients, and a healthy population. A principal factor analysis (with Varimax rotation) on 27 discriminating items from a multivariate discriminant function produced four factors: Depressiveness, hostility, work involvement, and job responsibility. The dimensions of work involvement, and job responsibility are well known from other studies on psychological characteristics of the assumed MI personality. The dimensions of depressiveness and hostility, however, may constitute important new contributions.
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U2 - 10.1159/000287459
DO - 10.1159/000287459
M3 - Article
C2 - 7220771
AN - SCOPUS:0019257361
SN - 0033-3190
VL - 34
SP - 196
EP - 203
JO - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
JF - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
IS - 2-3
ER -