ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1591008
This article is part of the Research TopicThe Cardiovascular Continuum Between Hypertension, Diabetes and Cardiovascular DiseaseView all 7 articles
Association of type D personality with vascular health in adolescents
Provisionally accepted
- Suzhou Vocational Health College, Suzhou, China
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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the association between type D personality and vascular health in adolescents.Methods: A total of 645 adolescents were involved in this study. All completed questionnaires assessing demographic and sociological characteristics, Type D personality Scale, Scale for Healthy Lifestyle of College Students (SHLCS), and Self-Rating Scale of Sleep (SRSS). Vascular health was evaluated using a fingertip sensor with biofeedback technology to measure vascular wall elasticity. The effect of type D personality was analyzed using both dichotomous and continuous methods. Results: When analyzed as a binary variable, type D personality significantly affected vascular health scores (β = -0.169, 95% confidence interval (CI): [-4.001 to -1.483], P < 0.001). When treated as continuous variables, negative affectivity (NA) exhibited an independently negative association with vascular health (β = -0.240, 95% CI: [-0.569 to -0.049], P = 0.020), whereas social inhibition (SI) and the interaction between NA and SI did not demonstrate significant effects. Additionally, abdominal circumference (β = -0.171, 95% CI: [-0.198 to -0.039], P = 0.004), pulse rate (β = -0.093, 95% CI: [-0.127 to -0.010], P = 0.021), and SRSS score (β = -0.155, 95% CI: [-0.336 to -0.110], P < 0.001) were negatively associated with vascular health. Conversely, stress tolerance (β = 0.211, 95% CI: [0.062 to 0.139], P < 0.001), exercise behavior (β = 0.078, 95% CI: [0.001 to 0.192], P = 0.048), and stress management behavior (β = 0.226, 95% CI: [0.328 to 0.780], P < 0.001) were positively associated with better vascular health.The findings suggest that type D personality is associated with vascular health in adolescents. Moreover, the NA component of the type D, but not the SI and NA*SI interaction, may drive the connection between type D personality and vascular
Keywords: Type D personality, negative affectivity, Vascular elasticity, adolescents, sleep quality, health behaviors
Received: 10 Mar 2025; Accepted: 18 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: juan shen, Suzhou Vocational Health College, Suzhou, China
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