01690nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653003000118653002000148653002800168653003500196100002100231700002100252700001700273245007000290300001000360490000600370520106800376022001401444020001401458       1994                            d  c01/1994bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10a"Anger-Hostility" complex10aCoronary health10atype A behavior pattern10apsychophysiological reactivity1 aFrancesc Palmero1 aMatilde Espinosa1 aAlicia Breva00aPsychology and coronary health: History of an emotional evolution  a37-550 v03 aThe implication of psychological (emotional processes) factors in suffering from coronary heart diseases is revisited in the present study. Researches dealing with traditional studies of Type A Behavior Pattern (TABP) supported the association between this construct and coronary heart diseases. Nevertheless, Hostility has been considered as the new pattern of incidence of coronary heart disease, due to the problems related to the definition and reach of TABP. Both, the attempts of improving the theories concerning with this concept, and the findings of some inconsistent scores, have led to the readjustment of the concept of Hostility as a wide multidimensional construct in which not only affective/ emotional components (Anger), but also cognitive (Hostility), and behavioral (aggression) elements are ranged. Current studies emphasize the relevance of psychophysiological reactivity, and particularly the "fast activation-slow recovery" profile, as the appropriate parameter for investigating the way in which emotional processes affect coronary health.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437