RESUMO
The factor-analytically derived Factor I of the Rating of Statements List (RSL) of Statement Evaluation Test (SET) (Dutch: BUL) is described. This RSL-Factor I (RSL-F I) is denominated 'Aggressiveness/Hostility' and appears adequate to test the clinical impression that male myocardial infarction patients (Mips) are more 'aggressive/hostile' than healthy males. The hypothesis derived from this clinical impression is tested three times. The results point to the tenability of the hypothesis concerned.
Assuntos
Agressão/psicologia , Hostilidade , Infarto do Miocárdio/psicologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Testes de PersonalidadeRESUMO
434 male MI patients and 731 "healthy' controls filled out the retrospective RSL psychological questionnaire. This test has shown to discriminate significantly between a considerable number of clinical statements describing MI patients, and a healthy population. A principal factor analysis (with Varimax rotation) on 27 discriminating items from a multivariate discriminant function produced four factors: depressiveness, hostility, work involvement, and job responsibility. The dimensions of work involvement, and job responsibility are well known from other studies on psychological characteristics of the assumed MI personality. The dimensions of depressiveness and hostility, however, may constitute important new contributions.
