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K Wrześniewski

Publications and source records attributed to K Wrześniewski.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1990

[Assessment of type A personality by using a Polish questionnaire].

Friedman's and Rosenman's Structured Interview and Jenkins' questionnaire were not suitable for the studied population and it is the reason of the preparation of the Polish Questionnaire for the Assessment Type A Behavior Pattern for adults (ATAB Questionnaire, Form B). Content and formal aspects of Type A behavior pattern (TABP) were taking into consideration at the development of ATAB Questionnaire. It contains 22 items, which have a good discriminative power. Reliability of ATAB Questionnaire was assessed on two ways: by absolute stability and internal consistency. Validity was assessed by concurrent validity. The results of reliability and validity studies are satisfactory. Percentile ranks are prepared on the basis of 1438 females and 1211 males scores.

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PubMed1989

[The role of psychological variables in the development of somatic diseases--proposal of the integrational model].

The author discusses three groups of the distinguishable results of investigations which confirm the relationship between psychological factors and the development of the somatic diseases such as: changing situations, personality and temperamental factors, and behaviour pattern A. The author quotes data indicating that perceptional and emotional patterns together with associated patterns of the physiological responses may play an important role among personality and temperamental variables. Integrational model includes, besides psychological variables, other (biological) risk factors. Hypotheses concerning the mechanism mediating between these variables and the development of the disease are also discussed.

Coronary Disease↗
PubMed1988

Type A behavior pattern and illness other than coronary heart disease.

The paper presents three independent studies. Two are retrospective and one prospective. In the first study three equal groups of subjects participated: 30 myocardial infarction patients, 30 peptic ulcer patients and 30 healthy controls. The second study was run on three groups of military pilots: 36 had diverse cardiological problems, 47 were peptic ulcer patients and 64 were healthy control pilots. The prospective study included military pilots too. The Jenkins Activity Survey, Form C was used to assess the Type A behavior pattern in all subjects. The results of all three studies show high consistency. Persons with circulatory disorders obtained similar scores on Subscale A as those with digestive disorders, and both groups of patients scored significantly higher than the healthy controls. A similar pattern of data was found for the Speed and Impatience Subscale.

Coronary Disease↗
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Anxiety and rehabilitation after myocardial infarction.

General and specific anxiety, connected with the fact of myocardial infarction (MI), were investigated in 105 patients before and at the end of posthospitalization rehabilitation. Results as regards general anxiety were compared with data of 63 employed men free of coronary disease and with 34 comparable rheumatic patients. The patients with MI, before the comprehensive rehabilitation, compared with both control groups, have had higher levels of general anxiety in a statistically significant way. At the end of rehabilitation there were no significant differences. There was a significant positive correlation between general and specific anxiety, connected with the fact of MI. During the organized comprehensive posthospitalization rehabilitation, we see that there is a statisticallysignificant decrease of general and specific anxiety.

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