Abstract
The Type A behavior pattern (TABP) was a great success in predicting coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence for 20–30 years, and was considered a strong and independent risk factor for CHD development. The TABP, or behavior classifications closely related to this pattern, are still used both in practice and in research settings for this purpose. But, due to a number of negative findings of the relation between Type A behavior pattern and CHD from the middle of the 1980s and onward, and few positive findings in the same period of time, researchers and practitioners have questioned whether the TAPBP's predictability of future CHD development has vanished. Is that the case, or what has happened that could have caused this change in trend of results and belief in the Type A behavior pattern? This article describes the TABP development, present status and alternative psychological explanations to CHD development.
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