ABSTRACT
As indicated by the title of this book and by the content of the other chapters, there is at the present time considerable ferment in the field of research concerned with coronary-prone behavior. As detailed in Dembroski's chapter, in several recent studies globally defined Type A behavior pattern (TABP) failed to predict or correlate with various manifestations of coronary heart disease (CHD). Recent research suggesting that components of the TABP related to hostility, anger, and modes of anger expression are the only aspects that are coronary prone (see chapter by Costa, McCrae, & Dembroski, this volume) has brought some order to the confusion.
