TY - JOUR
AU1 - Keltikangas-J&auml
AU2 - rvinen, Liisa
AB - CME AVAILABLE FOR THIS ARTICLE AT ACOEM.ORG Divergent Influence of Different Type A Dimensions on Job Strain and Effort-Reward Imbalance Taina Hintsa, PhD, Mirka Hintsanen, PhD, Markus Jokela, PhD, Laura Pulkki-Råback, PhD, and Liisa Keltikangas-Ja¨rvinen, PhD Background: We examined whether different Type A behavior dimensions have divergent influence on work stress. Methods: The sample comprised Learning Objectives 752 participants from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Data Y Review the concept of the Type A personality, including were collected by questionnaires. Type A behavior was reported in subjects’ what is known about the associated health risks and rele- adolescence and adulthood, and work stress was reported in adulthood. vance to work stress. Work stress was measured according to Karasek’s job demands-job control Y Identify the dimensions of type A behavior and summarize model and Siegrist’s effort-reward imbalance (ERI). Results: High leader- the new findings on how they differ as predictors of work ship predicted lower job strain. High hard-driving predicted higher job stress. Y Discuss the implications for incorporating personality fac- strain. High leadership predicted lower ERI in 2001 and higher reward at tors into prevention and intervention strategies for work work. High aggression, hard-driving, and eagerness-energy predicted 
TI - Divergent Influence of Different Type A Dimensions on Job Strain and Effort-Reward Imbalance
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181c559ea
DA - 2010-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/divergent-influence-of-different-type-a-dimensions-on-job-strain-and-7P9o7ZviKC
SP - 1
EP - 7
VL - 52
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -