[CedarS]

Type D personalities are "characterized by negative emotions like anxiety, frustration, and anger, and at the same time score high on social inhibition, meaning that they are less likely to disclose emotions," Denollet says.

Gloomy personality may up heart risk

Anyone know how to get a copy of the 14-item questionnaire, the Type D Scale (DS14)? This might help one of my family members, or at least help me understand more.

[Princess_Obsidian]

Greetings,

Have you tried your local mental health resources?

Have a good one.

[Perna]

It's a formal test, I think out of the Netherlands, which a testing psych would give groups for clinical studies:

http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org...t/full/67/1/89

http://heart.bmj.com/content/96/1/30.abstract