Personality as a risk factor in large bowel cancer: data from the Melbourne colorectal cancer study

Questions which were formulated to test a particular personality profile as a cancer risk, and which included the elements of denial and repression of anger and of other negative emotions, a commitment to prevailing social norms resulting in the external appearance of a 'nice' or 'goo...

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Published in:Psychological medicine 1991-02, Vol.21 (Feb 91), p.29-41
Main Authors: Kune, G A, Watson, L F, Kune, S, Bahnson, C B
Format: Article
Language:English
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Colorectal cancer
Melbourne
Personality
Risk factors
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Summary:Questions which were formulated to test a particular personality profile as a cancer risk, and which included the elements of denial and repression of anger and of other negative emotions, a commitment to prevailing social norms resulting in the external appearance of a 'nice' or 'good' person, a suppression of reactions which may offend others and the avoidance of conflict, showed a statistically signficant discrimination between cases and controls. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0033-2917