Features of a Type A Personality

Features of a type A personality:

(1) aggressive

(2) highly competitive

(3) workaholic focused on success, achievement and advancement

(4) sense of time-urgency and impatient with delays

(5) insecure about status

(6) hostile and punitive

(7) difficulty relaxing

Conditions that may be associated with a Type A personality:

(1) coronary artery disease (although some studies funded by tobacco companies)

(2) burnout

(3) unhealthy life style

(4) anxiety and depression

(5) peptic ulcer disease