The Type A Behavior Pattern The original formulation of the Type A behavior pattern included hostility, ambition, and a sense of time urgency. Type A people hate wasting time and often try to do two or more things at once. However, later research showed that hostility, anger, and cynicism were far more damaging to physical health than ambition or time urgency (Suls & Bunde, 2005).
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