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  • Title: Type A personalities tend to have low platelet monoamine oxidase activity.
    Author: Smith DF.
    Journal: Acta Psychiatr Scand; 1994 Feb; 89(2):88-91. PubMed ID: 8178668.
    Abstract:
    This study investigated whether there are relations between type A behaviours and the activity of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in blood platelets. Forty male nonsmokers completed the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) and had a blood sample drawn while at work. The JAS was scored in the traditional manner, yielding scores for ambitiousness (factor A), impatience (factor S), competitiveness (factor H) and job involvement (factor J). High scores on JAS scales were associated with low MAO activity in blood platelets; the correlation between platelet MAO activity and job involvement was significant. The findings agree with previous reports in showing relationships between MAO activity and certain personality traits and support the notion that low activity of MAO may contribute to sympathetic hyperreactivity in type A individuals.
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