Type D personality and global positioning system tracked social behavior in patients with cardiovascular disease.

Mirela HabibovićGiovana GavidiaEva BroersMart WetzelsIdowu AyoolaVicent RibasJordi Piera-JimenezJos WiddershovenJohan Denollet

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2020)

This is the first study to use an ecological measure to assess social behavior of cardiac patients with a Type D personality. Results show that Type D personality might be associated with lower social engagement, which could, in turn, partly explain its association with adverse health outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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