Abstract
Anger and hostility have long been considered important factors in the etiology of essential hypertension (EH) and coronary heart disease (CHD). This case-control study investigates the association of hostility, as measured by the Cook and Medley Hostility Scale (HO), and anger, as measured by the Multidimensional Anger Inventory (MAI), with CHD and EH in 80 CHD patients, 80 EH patients, and a control group of 80 healthy adults from Italy. Cases revealed significantly higher scores than controls in two subsets of HO and in two subscales of MAI. Some of these subscales appeared to be age-dependent. The results indicate that particular components of anger-hostility could be taken into consideration when studying psychological risk factors for CHD and EH.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 162-172 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 |
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Keywords
- Anger
- Coronary heart disease
- Hostility
- Hypertension
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Applied Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychology(all)
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Dimensions of anger and hostility in cardiac patients, hypertensive patients, and controls. / Ricci Bitti, Pio Enrico; Gremigni, Paola; Bertolotti, Giorgio; Zotti, Anna Maria.
In: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Vol. 64, No. 3-4, 1995, p. 162-172.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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