Negative Affectivity and Social Inhibition as Predictors of Health Behaviors: A Study of Type D Personality among cardiovascular patients

Abstract

Negative Affectivity (NA) and Social Inhibition (SI) qualities, which are linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), combine to form the Type D Personality. Although psychological dispositions are known to be important in preventing CVD, little research has been done on how these two factors relate to patients' participation in health-promoting behaviors. The goal of this study was to determine whether Type D personality traits can serve as predictors of patients' engagement in health-promoting behaviors and whether Type D personality does, in fact, have an impact on patients' participation in healthy lifestyle choices. Standardized examinations of Type D personality and health-promoting activities were utilized to gather data from individuals with cardiovascular disease as part of a correlational research technique. Version 25.0 of the SPSS program was used to analyze the data. The study variables and the demographics of the sample participants were described using descriptive statistics, and Pearson's correlation coefficient was employed to look at the association between NA, SI, and general health-promoting activities. We examined the impact of social inhibition and negative affectivity on general health behavior using multiple linear regression analysis. It was hypothesized that Type D personality traits would predict overall engagement in healthy behaviors and that they were connected with overall health behavior. Health care providers could better identify patients who would be at risk of poor cardiovascular health and assist in developing focused, evidence-based behavioral health interventions by understanding the impact of Type D personality in adherence to healthy behaviors.