Abstract Purpose of the Review This review article synthesizes recent research findings on
the psychological context of Type D personality and the mechanisms through which Type D …

This meta-analysis included 729 studies from 161 articles investigating how acute stress
responsivity (including stress reactivity and recovery of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal …

Objective: Type D personality—a joint tendency toward negative affectivity (NA) and social
inhibition (SI)—is related to poor cardiac prognosis, but there is no standard for assessing …

Psychological stress elicits measurable changes in sympathetic-parasympathetic balance
and the tone of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, which might negatively affect the …

Specific negative emotions have been related to adverse cardiac events, but a general
propensity to psychological distress may also affect cardiovascular outcomes. In this …

Background The objective was to review all available literature concerning Type D
(distressed) personality among the general population and to discuss its implications for …

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

Objective. This study investigated whether approach coping, avoidance coping, or
perceptions of available social support mediated the relationship between Type D …

OBJECTIVE: To (a) investigate the prevalence of type-D personality (the conjoint effects of
negative affectivity and social inhibition) in a healthy British and Irish population;(b) to test …

Community studies conducted over the past decade have greatly increased our knowledge
of the epidemiology of personality disorders. Here, we review the prevalence, distribution …