Date of Award
12-1988
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Occupational Therapy
First Advisor
Dr. David L. Nelson
Second Advisor
Dr. Doris Smith
Third Advisor
Dr. Shirley Lukens
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The Type A Personality Index, a measure of whether an individual tends to be a Type A or a Type B personality, was given to 30 male and 30 female college students who then participated in a planting activity, presented as either a work task or a leisure activity. Productivity was measured by number of pottings, and affective responses to the activity in the areas of evaluation, power, and action were determined by Osgood's 12-scale short form semantic differential (OSD). No significant correlations were found between personality type and productivity or OSD scores in either the work or leisure conditions. The work group produced significantly more pottings than the leisure group. Study of this topic is theoretically significant to the profession of occupational therapy in that such information can be used to assist in the structuring of therapeutic activities.
Recommended Citation
Paske, Susan Jean, "Productivity and Affective Responses to Work Tasks and Leisure Activities in Type A and Type B Individuals" (1988). Masters Theses. 1182.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1182