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The present study investigated the application of the Holtzman Inkblot Technique (HIT) for the assessment of people who showed Type A behavior, mainly based on the criterion-related validity. HIT and the Japanese Version of the Jenkins Activity Survey Student Version (JAS-S) were administered to 72 undergraduate students (32 male, 40 female). Some of these subjects were identified either as Type A subjects or Type B subjects based on the scores obtained on JAS-S. Type A subjects’ HIT scores were compared with the Type B subjects’. Type A group showed significantly higher HIT scores in Space, Shading, Animal, Hostility, Barrier, Penetration and Popular, and also significantly lower scores in Reaction Time, Color and Anatomy than those obtained by Type B group (P<.05). These results indicated that Type A person’s personality included internal anxiety as well as self-confidence. A preliminary discriminant model of Type A and Type B using HIT variables was presented.
