<p>Week 4 Assignment</p>
<p>Highlight all errors in yellow, type and underline the correct word or words next to the errors.</p>
<p>Discussion</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This study investigated the relationships among stress, personality type, anger and</p>
<p>chronic disease. Two of the four hypotheses, discussed previously, were found to be true.</p>
<p>Consistent with the work of Garon and Mantel (2003), the correlation between stress level and</p>
<p>disease was very significant. However, its worth noting that the affect of personality type was</p>
<p>statistically insignificant. The lack of relationship between personality and chronic disease is</p>
<p>inconsistent with previous studies (Harrison et al., 2006; Davis, Wolf and Jones, 2004). The</p>
<p>ANOVA that compares high- and low-anger participants yielded the most significant finding (p</p>
<p>= .001). The data was consistent with previous research showing that anger effected stress level</p>
<p>(Harrison, Holstein, Calf, Grobeck, &amp; Nelson, 2006). Higher levels of reported anger were</p>
<p>associated with significantly less stress. These findings have important implications for health</p>
<p>psychologists. Facilitating a person&rsquo;s expression of anger can reduce stress and lower their risk</p>
<p>for disease.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Two of the desired inclusion criterion for the participant sample were not met. The vast</p>
<p>majority of subjects were Caucasian. Orientals, Mexican-Americans, and blacks accounted for</p>
<p>only 9% of the sample. Also, there were too few female participants; there were twenty-five</p>
<p>women and two hundred men. Thus, the data could not be used to examine whether gender or</p>
<p>ethnicity impacted risk for disease.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This study extends the work of Parlick &amp; Wilson (2007) whose research the American</p>
<p>Psychosomatic Society (as cited in Parlick &amp; Wilson, 2007) recently honored as &ldquo;cutting edge in</p>
<p>the field&rdquo;. They argue, &ldquo;The progress made in late 20th century stress research has exceeded</p>
<p>expectations. Our rapidly growing understanding of psychological factors, in the development</p>
<p>and treatment of chronic disease, has set the stage for major breakthroughs in health psychology</p>