| Abstract: | 48 undergraduates identified as Type A's or B's on the student version of the Jenkins Activity Survey completed an experimental task that required a discussion of positive and negative aspects of one's social life with a counselor in time-limited or time-unlimited conditions. Measures were taken of verbal productivity and anxiety demonstrated during the interview. Type A's talked more and faster than Type B's under both conditions. The presence of time limits increased productivity in terms of speech rate for both groups, but increased the anxiety level of Type A's only. Implications for time-limited counseling and the treatment of Type A behavior are discussed. (22 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
