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Investigation of the Type A Behavior Pattern (TABP) of pre-school children was conducted to determine the influence of the mother-child relationship on the development of TABP. The incidence of TABP was 44.2% (51.7% in boys and 38.7% in girls). The TABP tendency of the boys decreased as the manifest dissension or conflict in the family grew, in marked contrast with the tendency seen in girls, suggesting that conflict in the family can either weaken or reinforce TABP.
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Fukunishi, I., Saito, S. & Fujito, K. Influence of the mother-child relationship on the development of the Type A Behavior Pattern. Child Psych Hum Dev 22, 213–220 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705893
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