Accumulating evidence shows that depression (van Melle et al., 2004), hostility (Chida &
Steptoe, 2009), and anxiety (Roest, Martens, de Jonge, & Denollet, 2010) increase the risk …

Objective: The relationship between Type D personality (the joint tendency towards negative
affectivity [NA] and social inhibition [SI]) and laboratory indices of cardiovascular health was …

Type D personality is predictive of adverse clinical outcome and psychological distress in
cardiac patients. However, the mechanisms by which Type D affects health are largely …

Background Psychological distress has been associated with the pathogenesis and
progression of coronary heart disease (CHD) but little is known about the determinants of …

Background: Type D personality is considered as an independent risk factor for morbidity
and mortality in cardiovascular patients and a vulnerability factor for distress in the general …

Abstract Background The distressed (Type D) personality is associated with adverse
coronary heart disease outcomes, but the mechanisms accounting for this association …

Mechanisms relating Type D personality to poor health are largely unknown, with autonomic
nervous system function being a candidate. This study examined the physiologic response …

Background Type D, otherwise known as distressed personality type, has been associated
with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Blood pressure reactivity …

The Type D personality, identified by high negative affectivity paired with high social
inhibition, has been associated with a number of health-related outcomes in (mainly) cardiac …

Abstract Type D (or 'distressed') personality has shown success in predicting hard medical
outcomes (eg morbidity and mortality) in cardiac patients. Little is known about the …