Prediction of type A behaviour: A structural equation model

• Main Authors: René van Wyk, André B. Boshoff, Gideon Nieman, Jurie van Vuuren, Marius Pretorius
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AOSIS 2009-05-01
• Series: SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
• Subjects: coronary-prone behaviour; stress-linked disease; locus of control; Type A behaviour; structural equation model
• Online Access: https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/758

The predictability of Type A behaviour was measured in a sample of 375 professionals with a shortened version of the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS). Two structural equation models were constructed with the Type A behaviour achievement sub-scale and global (total) Type A as the predictor variables. The indices showed a reasonable-to-promising fit with the data. Type A achievement was reasonably predicted by service-career orientation, internal locus of control, power self-concept and economic innovation. Type A global was also predicted by internal locus of control, power self-concept and the entrepreneurial attitude of achievement and personal control.