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The relationship between Type A Behavior and job and class performance was studied. Samples were 104 male and 77 female students either in their junior year of college or in a part-time Master of Business Administration course. Results indicate that Type A behavior was positively related to school performance as indicated by previous research. Achievement striving was positively related to performance and the impatience/irritability factor did not relate to performance whatsoever. Students' beliefs and fears had some influence on Type A Behavior.
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A study examining the relationship between Type A behavior and optimism was conducted on 192 junior level management undergraduates. Results indicate that anger/hostility is positively related to anxiety and optimism is significantly negatively related to anxiety. There was a nonsignificant relation between irritability and health symptoms. The pattern between optimism and achievement striving was validated in that optimism moderates achievement striving and reduces stress from anxiety.
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An analysis of the four common measures of Type A behavior showed nine dimensions reflecting the different aspects of the Type A behavior pattern. It is shown that the four measures are nonequivalent and lack convergent validity, verifying previous studies which found no single measure of Type A behavior. It is also observed that the nine dimensions have different effects on academic performance and psychiatric disorder symptoms.
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