Comparison of brain/behavioral systems activity and dimensions of perfectionism in coronary heart disease and normal subjects

Introduction: The present research compared two personality characteristics of BAS/BIS activity and perfectionism in coronary heart disease (CHD) and normal male subjects.   Method: ۵۰ married male by mean age of ۵۳ with CHD diagnosis from Modarres hospital compared with ۵۰ healthy male (with the same including criteria) according to the Carver & White's BIS/BAS and multidimensional perfectionism scales.   Results: In men with CHD the activity of BAS were higher than healthy men. Also, in subjects with CHD self-oriented perfectionism and other-oriented perfectionism were higher than healthy men. There were significant differences between correlations of BAS's subscales and dimensions of perfectionism in CHD and healthy subjects. Conclusion: Activity of BAS system and dimensions of perfectionism are good components of type A behavioral pattern for psychological analysis of CHD.

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Brain/Behavioral systems ، Perfectionism ، Coronary Heart Diseases