Abstract
Two hundred fifty-one undergraduate college students (172 women, 79 men) were administered the modified Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) and the Self-Perception Profile for College Students (SPP) to measure Type A characteristics and the self-perception of selected personality characteristics, respectively. Prior to analysis of the SPP scores, the subjects were categorized as Type A or Type B on the basis of their JAS scores. Analysis of the 13 SPP domains yielded several significant gender and Type A/B effects. The significant gender effects are seen as reflecting the perpetuation of sex-role stereotypes. Significant Type A/B effects indicate that these individuals differ in terms of how they perceive several aspects of their personality.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Callahan, C. M. (1979). Gifted women. In A. H. Passow (Ed.), The 78th yearbook of the National Society of the Study of Education, Part I. The gifted and talented: Their education and development. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Callahan, C. M. (1981). Superior abilities. In J. M. Kaufman & D. P. Hallahan (Eds.), Handbook of special education. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Carver, C. S., Coleman, A. E., & Glass, D. C. (1976). The coronaryprone behavior pattern and the suppression of fatigue on a treadmill test. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 33, 460–466.
Carver, C. S., & Glass, D. C. (1978). Coronary-prone behavior pattern and interpersonal aggression. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 36, 361–366.
Davis, S. F., Hill, S., Walkup, T., & Russin, R. (1987). The relationship between the Type A/B behavior pattern and the morning/evening personality in college students. College Student Journal, 20, 417–419.
Eccles, J. S. (1985). Why doesn’t Jane run? Sex differences in education and occupational patterns. In F. D. Horowitz & M. O’Brien (Eds.), The gifted and talented: Developmental perspectives. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Friedman, M., & Rosenman, R. H. (1977). The key cause: Type A behavior pattern. In A. Monat & R. H. Lazrus (Eds.), Stress and coping (pp. 203–212). New York: Columbia University Press.
Glass, D. C. (1977). Behavior patterns, stress, and coronary disease. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Glass, D. C., Snyder, M. L., & Hollis, J. F. (1974). Time urgency and the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 4, 125–140.
Krantz, D. S., Glass, D. C., & Snyder, M. L. (1974). Helplessness, stress level, and the coronary-prone behavior pattern. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 10, 284–300.
McGregor, L. N., Mayleben, M. A., Buzzanga, V. L., Davis, S. F., & Becker, A. H. (in press). Selected personality characteristics of first-generation college students. College Student Journal.
Neeman, J., & Harter, S. (1986). Manual for the Self-Perception Profile for College Students. Denver: University of Denver.
Tramill, J. L., Kleinhammer-Tramill, P. J., Davis, S. F., & Parks, C. S. (1985). The relationship between Type A and Type B behaviors and level of self-esteem. Psychological Record, 35, 323–327.
Tramill, J. L., Kleinhammer-Tramill, P. J., Davis, S. F., Parks, C. S., & Alexander, D. (1984). The relationship between the Type A behavior pattern, fear of death, and manifest anxiety. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 22, 42–44.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Portions of this paper were presented at the 1990 meeting of the Association for Psychological and Educational Research in Hays, KS.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
McGregor, L., Eveleigh, M., Syler, J.C. et al. Self-perception of personality characteristics and the Type A behavior pattern. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 29, 320–322 (1991). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333931
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333931