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A Comparative Review of the Interview and Questionnaire Methods in the Assessment of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern

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Coronary-Prone Behavior

Abstract

What is the coronary-pro ne behavior pattern really? Before we can come to any conclusions regarding the adequacy of methods for assessing a concept, we have to agree on some standard of what that concept really is.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Behavioral Science Department, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33733, USA

    Theodore M. Dembroski Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Psychology) (Associate Professor of Psychology)

  2. Behavioral Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014, USA

    Stephen M. Weiss Ph.D. (Acting Chief) (Acting Chief)

  3. Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014, USA

    Jim L. Shields Ph.D. (Deputy Director) (Deputy Director)

  4. Epidemiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014, USA

    Suzanne G. Haynes Ph.D.  & Manning Feinleib M.D., Dr. P.H. (Chief) &  (Chief)

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Jenkins, C.D. (1978). A Comparative Review of the Interview and Questionnaire Methods in the Assessment of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern. In: Dembroski, T.M., Weiss, S.M., Shields, J.L., Haynes, S.G., Feinleib, M. (eds) Coronary-Prone Behavior. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86007-2_5

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