OBJECTIVE: This article reviews all available literature concerning the implications of Type
D personality (the conjoint effects of negative affectivity and social inhibition) among patients …

Background: Type D or distressed personality, which is a combination of negative affectivity
and social inhibition, and poor quality of life (QoL) are considered predictors of …

Background Type D personality refers to a combination of simultaneously high levels of
negative affectivity and social inhibition. The present study aimed to examine whether type D …

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is an impending global pandemic in developed
countries as well as developing countries and economies in transition, such as India. A …

Type D personality, which encompasses two dimensions, Negative Affectivity (NA) and
Social Inhibition (SI), has been identified as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and its …

BACKGROUND: Type D (distressed) personality, the conjoint effect of negative affectivity
(NA) and social inhibition (SI), predicts adverse cardiovascular outcomes, and is assessed …

OBJECTIVE: Individuals with increased levels of both negative affectivity (NA) and social
inhibition (SI)—referred to as type-D personality—are at increased risk of adverse cardiac …

OBJECTIVE: The distressed (type D) personality is an emerging risk factor in coronary artery
disease that has been associated with adverse prognosis, impaired health status, and …

Denollet et al. claim that high social inhibition and negative affectivity, termed type D
personality, predict negative cardiovascular disease outcomes, and notably mortality [1]. Our …

Background Cardiovasculardisease (CVD) is a major cause of death worldwide. Type D
personality, a newly identified risk factor for cardiac outcomes, can deteriorate the health …