T-F-A patterns, coping strategies, and personality characteristics associated with type A/B behavior

This study used Hutchins’ T-F-A System as a conceptual framework to determine whether relationships exist among thinking-feeling-acting (T-F-A) behavior patterns, selected personality characteristics, coping strategies, and Type A/B behavior patterns. Variables were measured by the Hutchins Behavior Inventory or HBI (T-F-A patterns), the Adjective Check List (personality characteristics), the Ways of Coping Scales (coping strategies), and The Jenkins Activity Survey (Type A/B behavior). Subjects were 77 employed males who were members of service organizations in three small West Virginia towns. Subjects were classified into one of four T-F-A pattern groups on the basis of their HBI responses to a self-identified stressful work situation. Statistical strategies involved analyzing the variables with crosstabulation, analyses of variance and covariance, and multivariate analysis of variance. No- significant differential effect of the T-F-A classification on Type A/B behavior nor on any of the Type A/B subscales was discerned. Likewise, when controlling for the effects of selected personality factors and for the effects of coping strategies on Type A/B' behavior, no significant differences were observed across the four T-F-A pattern groups. Possible explanations for the absence of significant differences on these measures and the utility of the study were discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counselor Education

Department dc:contributor.department

Counselor Education

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1990

Author dc:creator

• Meo, Kandyce K.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Hutchins, David E.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Baffi, Charles R.
• Getz, Hildy G.
• Hinkle, Dennis E.
• Talbutt, Lou C.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-10142005-103041

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/39849