Definition
A pattern of overt behavior that was traditionally felt to be associated with a decreased risk of coronary heart disease and which is characterized by a lack of urgency, decreased competitive drive, and unhurried movements and speech.
Introduction
Type B behavior pattern was originally proposed as the natural antithesis of type A, a set of behaviors felt to predispose a person to coronary heart disease. A type B person is a relaxed, noncompetitive individual who is not driven by ambition or time urgency. There has been significant controversy as to the utility of type A and B in defining heart disease risk, and interest in the behavior pattern has waned considerably as a result, leading to a relative paucity of more recent investigations on the subject.
History
Type B behavior pattern was initially conceptualized by two cardiologists, Friedman and Rosenman (1959), after they identified a...
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Haze, S. (2020). Type B Behavior Pattern. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_1115
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