Personality type and respiratory diseases

Pages: 470-472
Rakesh Verma (SPUVV, Anand, Gujarat)
M.G. Mansuri (N. A. & T.V. Patel, Arts College, V.V. Nagar)

The present study aimed to study the type A and type B personality in relation to respiratory diseases (Asthma, Bronchiectasis, & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). For which standardized tools pertaining to type A and type B personality was administered on a sample of 240 participants. These participants were selected on the basis of their medical accounts (suffering from respiratory diseases). Total 180 participants suffering from respiratory diseases participated in the present study to fulfill the requirement of the present study, while 60 healthy participants were taken as the control group. It was expected that there would be significant effect of Type A/B Personality orientation on the selected respiratory diseases. Results revealed that personality don’t have any significant role in respiratory diseases.