Thursday, February 22,1996 Complaining is good for you By Maggie Fox Reuters LONDON -- Go ahead -- cry, shout, complain -- it's good for you, according to a new study. Belgian doctors have coined a new personality type known as type D. These people suppressed negative emotions such as anger and frustration and were more likely to die. They recommended that doctors treating heart disease patients should take personality factors into account. Dr Johan Denollet at University Hospital Antwerp studied 303 men and women with coronary heart disease. They were given personality tests and classified as either prone to experience negative emotions but not express them (type D). or not. The patients, aged between 31 and 79, were followed for between six and 10 years. Type-D personalities were four times more likely to die. Of the 38 people who died (24 from heart disease), 23 were type-D. This was independent of other risk factors such as cholesterol levels, blocked arteries or fitness. Fourteen people died more than five years after having a - 'coronary event" such as a heart attack, they added. _ W lnn g igge Commencement The penn St —: Spring. ata•Behreild oonimencement ._ ca ceremony will be heid aY 11, 19aa at 12 Saturday; fa Reed lawn , noononthe cap weathar permitt ing . and gOWn orders at the Bookstore tot, Marc hare due 15 1996. y , SP•aElr k%nem unda chavez =lllr7fl 7:30 pm Reed Commons rEU Education Ahmed Pr°game: The deadline tor EPdng 1997 semester PSU Education Abroad PrOgrams is March'', 1996. For Summer 1996 programs, the 418400 is VII 1, 1998. Call x6lB or einP by the Pnavosra Office for more Information ft***TOOt!Otik,4l.lo: LititliiiittAt6iStait6. tenter::::i,...::,....:::., 203 uNtry 896014 HAVE A PROIBLEM? WANT YOUR OPINION HEARD? kiage mud „,,o'r ft In on= to to OrOP rot R e and A* bile ATin pu :* ttilODEji O.*** "The risk of death after more than five years of follow-up was three times greater in type-ll patients than in non-type-D patients," they wrote in a report in the Lancet medical journal. But they said they did not know how type-D patients could be helped." Personality traits should be taken into account in the association between emotional distress and mortality in coronary heart disease," they concluded, calling for more study. Theirs is not the first study to link disease with personality types. Doctors have linked the so called type A personality, with its impatient and workaholic tendencies, with premature death. Type-Bs are more laid back. The Belgians' type D designation is separate from the old type A, type B distinction. There is no type C. The British Heart Foundation said last week it was launching a study of 1,300 men and women aged 60 to 80, to see whether personality played a role in heart diceace. Dr Francois Lesperance of the Montreal Heart Institute and Dr Nancy Frasure-Smith of McGill University questioned the value of the study, although they said it was interesting. 4 1:1; 4' 1:1', 41'0 4 a 4 i'i' , 41' 8 ,Ir ~.; 48 414. ,Ir i:i; Ilr LIBRARY HOURS 22 - Thursday 23- Friday INCREASED The Association of Black Collegians Speaker Series German Club presents Monday - Thursday Linda Chavez vs Juan Williams 12:30 pm "A touch of class" 8:00 am - midnight 7:3opm Reed 114 Fashion Show Friday Reed Commons Saturday, February 24 Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Reed Lacture Hall 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Movie: "Native Son" Band/Choir Room 6:00 pm Saturday 710-9:3opm 610-8:00pm noon-8:00 pm Tigress Suite Sunday Movie: "Beetlejuice" Movie: "Beetlejuice Reed 117 1:00 pm - midnight Reed 117 10:00 pm 10:00 pm _..^..._ . 25- Sunday 26 - Monday 27 - Tuesday 28 - Wednesday Open Forum: "White Bashing" Protestant Campus Ministry Worship 8 - 9:30 pm Services(lnterdenominational) Reed Lectufre Hall 8:00pm Room 114 - Reed Eco-Action 12:00 pm Reed Rm 112 Human Relations Human Relations Movie: "Beetkjuice" Programming Council Programming Council Reed 117 12.00 noon 6:oopm 10:00 pm News BEHREND-New Art Six, a group of six women dedicated to preserving African-AMerican music, poetry and literature, will perform at Behrend on Thursday, February 29 at noon in the Wintergarden atrium of the Reed Union Building. The performance is free and open to the public. The group will appear as part of the College's series, Music at Noon: The Logan Wintergarden Series. The series, made possible thrugh a grant from the Harry A. Logan, Jr. Foundation, is designed to expose audiences to classical music in an informal atmosphere. Brown bag lunches are welcome. The women of New Art Six are classically trained artists who first come together in Dallas, TX in 1981. The group promotes a fresh understanding of pure American art forms in both folk and spiritual traditions. The musicians believe the spiritual makes social and political statements, placing emphasis on the "Divine Spirit" that move African-AMericna people toward unity and determination. The performance will reflect an African American musical heritage, poetry and a unique blend of classical opera, theater and music. Student Events 24- Saturday Page 3
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