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Peer Review Status: Refereed
Title: A Taxometric Analysis of Type-D Personality
Author(s): Ferguson, Eamonn
Williams, Lynn
O'Connor, Rory
Howard, Siobhan
Hughes, Brian M
Johnston, Derek W
Allan, Julia L
O'Connor, Daryl B
Lewis, Christopher A
Grealy, Madeleine A
O'Carroll, Ronan
Contact Email: reo1@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: Type-D
Taxometric Analysis
Dimensional
Functional Syndromes
Cardiovascular system Diseases Psychosomatic aspects
Cardiovascular Diseases psychology
Mental Disorders psychology
Issue Date: Dec-2009
Date Deposited: 15-Dec-2009
Citation: Ferguson E, Williams L, O'Connor R, Howard S, Hughes BM, Johnston DW, Allan JL, O'Connor DB, Lewis CA, Grealy MA & O'Carroll R (2009) A Taxometric Analysis of Type-D Personality. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71 (9), pp. 981-986. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181bd888b
Abstract: Background: Type-D personality is treated as a categorical variable and caseness has been shown to be a risk factor for poor prognosis in coronary heart disease. However, at present there is no direct evidence to support the assumption that Type-D is categorical and able to differentiate true cases from non-cases. Methods: In total, 1012 healthy young adults from across the UK and Ireland completed the DS14, the standard index of Type-D, and scores were submitted to two taxometric procedures MAMBAC and MAXCOV. Results: Graphical representations (comparing actual to simulated data) and fit indices indicated that Type-D is more accurately represented as a dimensional rather than categorical construct. Conclusion: Type-D is better represented as a dimensional construct. Implications for theory development and clinical practice with respect to Type-D are examined as well as the wider use of taxometrics within psychosomatic medicine (e.g., to investigate if there are medically unexplained syndrome taxons such as a Gulf War Syndrome taxon).
DOI Link: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181bd888b
Rights: Published in Psychosomatic Medicine, Volume 71, Issue 9, pp. 981 - 986, by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins / American Psychosomatic Society.; This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Psychosomatic Medicine, Volume 71, Issue 9, November/December 2009, pp. 981 - 986.; Copyright © 2009 by the American Psychosomatic Society.

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