Erika is a Type D personality type. Based on what you know about personality types, what is Erika's physical and mental health probably like?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: As a Type D (distressed) personality, Erika has a combination of high neuroticism and high social inhibition. Type Ds are four times more likely to have had psychotherapy in the past month than non–Type Ds (7% versus 1.5%). In one study of young, healthy adults, Type D people's blood pressure went up more after stress. Type D teenagers were also four times more likely to have trouble sleeping. If a Type D develops heart disease, she is two to seven times as likely to have a heart attack, develop cancer, or die from any cause as a non–Type D person.
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