{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T04:27:10Z","timestamp":1787027230769,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":30,"publisher":"Frontiers Media SA","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,12]],"date-time":"2025-08-12T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1754956800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["frontiersin.org"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Front. Psychol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Personality is connected with the possible development of various diseases; therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of Type A and B personalities and their relationship with anti-health behaviors among Polish doctors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study group included 823 (100%) physicians working in Poland. The study was conducted using an original questionnaire, consisting of questions regarding general data, and standardized anti-health behaviors assessment questionnaires available publicly.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The most common risk factors in the study group were: stress (545; 66.22%), insufficient sleep (375; 45.57%) and low physical activity (322; 39.17%). Physicians with Type A personality achieved higher score values on all subscales of the My Eating Habits Questionnaire than physicians with intermediate and Type B personalities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The occurrence of Type A personality was associated with, among others, worse eating habits, more frequent sleep deprivation, and exposure to stress and low physical activity. There is a need to conduct educational activities at an early school stage regarding the benefits of following healthy lifestyle recommendations, and consequently limiting the development of diseases and their complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1608564","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,12]],"date-time":"2025-08-12T11:56:14Z","timestamp":1754999774000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The phenomenon of Type A and B personality prevalence and their correlation to the anti-health behavior of Polish physicians"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"J\u00f3zefa","family":"D\u0105bek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S\u0142awomir","family":"Wojczyk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julia","family":"Bijoch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oskar","family":"Sierka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"304","DOI":"10.1177\/1559827619883603","article-title":"The mismatch of nutrition and lifestyle beliefs and actions among physicians: a wake-up call","volume":"14","author":"Aggarwal","year":"2019","journal-title":"Am. J. Lifestyle Med."},{"key":"ref2","year":"2024"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"49","DOI":"10.1186\/s40359-023-01056-y","article-title":"Big five model personality traits and job burnout: a systematic literature review","volume":"11","author":"Angelini","year":"2023","journal-title":"BMC Psychol."},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2025.1538393","article-title":"Evaluating burnout syndrome among medical students at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece: a cross-sectional study","volume":"16","author":"Angelopoulos","year":"2025","journal-title":"Front. Psych."},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"100941","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yfrne.2021.100941","article-title":"A review of sex differences in the mechanisms and drivers of overeating","volume":"63","author":"Anversa","year":"2021","journal-title":"Front. Neuroendocrinol."},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1490427","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1490427","article-title":"Effect of big five personality dimensions on the academic performance of college students","volume":"16","author":"Bhattacharjee","year":"2025","journal-title":"Front. Psychol."},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"334","DOI":"10.3390\/nu12020334","article-title":"Defining a healthy diet: evidence for the role of contemporary dietary patterns in health and disease","volume":"12","author":"Cena","year":"2020","journal-title":"Nutrients"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2749","DOI":"10.3390\/nu15122749","article-title":"Global impacts of Western diet and its effects on metabolism and health: a narrative review","volume":"15","author":"Clemente-Su\u00e1rez","year":"2023","journal-title":"Nutrients"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"200140","DOI":"10.1016\/j.hnm.2022.200140","article-title":"Association of weekend alcohol consumption with diet variables, body mass index, cardiovascular risk and sleep","volume":"27","author":"Crovetto","year":"2022","journal-title":"Human Nutr. Metab."},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"95","DOI":"10.1007\/s44192-025-00234-1","article-title":"Predictors of professional burnout among physicians in a country in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic era","volume":"5","author":"Fatoke","year":"2025","journal-title":"Discov. Ment. Health"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"6325","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20146325","article-title":"Current discoveries and future implications of eating disorders","volume":"20","author":"Feng","year":"2023","journal-title":"Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health"},{"key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1348456","DOI":"10.3389\/fnut.2024.1348456","article-title":"Assessing gender differences in food preferences and physical activity: a population-based survey","volume":"11","author":"Feraco","year":"2024","journal-title":"Front. Nutr."},{"key":"ref13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"82","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jped.2023.11.007","article-title":"Transgenerational transmission of eating habits","volume":"100","author":"Fisberg","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. Pediatr."},{"key":"ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"223","DOI":"10.1002\/hrdq.21454","article-title":"Type A\/B, work-family, and family-work conflict: the moderating effects of emotional intelligence","volume":"33","author":"Garavan","year":"2021","journal-title":"Hum. Resour. Dev. Q."},{"key":"ref15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"786","DOI":"10.3390\/healthcare9070786","article-title":"Nutrition habits of polish nurses: an approach","volume":"9","author":"Gieniusz-Wojczyk","year":"2021","journal-title":"Healthcare"},{"key":"ref16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"57","DOI":"10.1016\/j.puhe.2018.07.020","article-title":"The relationship between cultural capital and lifestyle health Behaviours in young people: a systematic review","volume":"164","author":"Hashemi","year":"2018","journal-title":"Public Health"},{"key":"ref17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"592","DOI":"10.1111\/sjop.13005","article-title":"Personality and burnout complaints: the mediating role of proactive burnout prevention behaviors at work","volume":"65","author":"Hendrikx","year":"2024","journal-title":"Scand. J. Psychol."},{"key":"ref18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.1186\/s12916-017-0901-x","article-title":"Environmental\/lifestyle factors in the pathogenesis and prevention of type 2 diabetes","volume":"15","author":"Kolb","year":"2017","journal-title":"BMC Med."},{"key":"ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"312","DOI":"10.3390\/clockssleep6030022","article-title":"Sleep quality, but not personality traits, mediates the relationship between chronotype and life satisfaction: a study in young adults","volume":"6","author":"Lan","year":"2024","journal-title":"Clocks Sleep"},{"key":"ref20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.1186\/1475-2891-10-18","article-title":"Food for thought: an exploratory study of how physicians experience poor workplace nutrition","volume":"10","author":"Lemaire","year":"2011","journal-title":"Nutr. J."},{"key":"ref21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"579","DOI":"10.1177\/0748730419892105","article-title":"When to eat: the importance of eating patterns in health and disease","volume":"34","author":"Manoogian","year":"2019","journal-title":"J. Biol. Rhythm."},{"key":"ref22","first-page":"409","article-title":"Type A personality, stress, anxiety and health locus of control in patients with acute myocardial infarction","volume":"28","author":"Mili\u010di\u0107","year":"2016","journal-title":"Psychiatr. Danub."},{"key":"ref23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"860","DOI":"10.3390\/nu17050860","article-title":"Redefining roles\u2014fathers play a crucial role in shaping children\u2019s healthy eating behaviors: cross-sectional observational study","volume":"17","author":"Ng","year":"2025","journal-title":"Nutrients"},{"key":"ref24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"30","DOI":"10.1111\/ajad.12173","article-title":"The prevalence of substance use disorders in American physicians","volume":"24","author":"Oreskovich","year":"2015","journal-title":"Am. J. Addict."},{"key":"ref25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1700","DOI":"10.3390\/encyclopedia4040111","article-title":"Negative influence of social media on children\u2019s diets: a systematic review","volume":"4","author":"Prybutok","year":"2024","journal-title":"Encyclopedia"},{"key":"ref26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"345","DOI":"10.1080\/17437199.2019.1650290","article-title":"Trait mindfulness and health behaviours: a meta-analysis","volume":"14","author":"Sala","year":"2020","journal-title":"Health Psychol. Rev."},{"key":"ref27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"951","DOI":"10.17265\/2159-5542\/2022.12.006","article-title":"Type A and type B personality types: an evaluation in the modern organizational psychology scope","volume":"12","author":"Samaras","year":"2022","journal-title":"Psychol. Res."},{"key":"ref28","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"718","DOI":"10.47470\/0016-9900-2024-103-7-718-723","article-title":"Formation of eating behaviour in doctors of various specialties","volume":"103","author":"Tapeshkina","year":"2024","journal-title":"Hygiene Sanitation"},{"key":"ref29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e2244679","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2022.44679","article-title":"Characterization of problematic alcohol use among physicians: a systematic review","volume":"5","author":"Wilson","year":"2022","journal-title":"JAMA Netw. Open"},{"key":"ref30","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1236670","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2023.1236670","article-title":"Type A personality, sleep quality, and cerebral small vessel disease: investigating the mediating role of sleep in a community-based study","volume":"14","author":"Zhou","year":"2023","journal-title":"Front. Neurol."}],"container-title":["Frontiers in Psychology"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1608564\/full","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,12]],"date-time":"2025-08-12T11:56:15Z","timestamp":1754999775000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1608564\/full"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,12]]},"references-count":30,"alternative-id":["10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1608564"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1608564","relation":{},"ISSN":["1664-1078"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1664-1078","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,12]]},"article-number":"1608564"}}