Some Test Behaviour Differences between Healthy Men and Male Myocardial Infarction Patients

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Abstract
A group of healthy men and a group of male myocardial infarction patients were compared for test-behaviour on a list consisting of 69 statements. Each statement has to be rated on a six-point scale. From the material the following conclusions can be drawn: (1) healthy men show a tendency to choose extreme positions as they get older. This correlation is not so evident for myocardial infarction patients; (2) the myocardial infarction patients show a tendency to choose more extreme positions than healthy men, independent of age; (3) on most items the healthy men show a normal frequency distribution over the 6 scale segments or a slant in one direction. The myocardial infarction patients show the reverse. They are inclined to choose extreme positions to both directions of one and the same item, and (4) the findings can be related to the hypothesis that the main feature of the personality of myocardial infarction patients can be described as an exaggeration of otherwise rather normal behaviour patterns characteristic of the western culture today.

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