Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 69, Issue 2 , Pages 101-109 , August 2010

Is type-D a stable construct? An examination of type-D personality in patients before and after cardiac surgery

  • Stephanie Dannemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Medical Clinic, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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  • Klaus Matschke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical Clinic, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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  • Franziska Einsle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    • ,
  • Mervin R. Smucker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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  • Katrin Zimmermann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Medical Clinic, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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  • Peter Joraschky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Medical Clinic, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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  • Kerstin Weidner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Medical Clinic, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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  • Volker Köllner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Mediclin, Bliestal Clinic, Blieskastel, Germany
    • Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Mediclin Bliestal Clinic, Am Spitzenberg, D-66440 Blieskastel, Germany. Tel.: +49 6842542257; fax: +49 6842542340.

Received 1 May 2009 ,Revised 16 February 2010 ,Accepted 18 February 2010.

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PII: S0022-3999(10)00108-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.02.008

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 69, Issue 2 , Pages 101-109 , August 2010

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