A Cancer – Prone Personality: A Comparative Study Between ‎Cancerd and Noncancerd Persons

A Cancer – Prone Personality: A Comparative Study Between ‎Cancerd and Noncancerd Persons

Ziad Barakat

zeiadb@yahoo.com

Al-Quds Open University, Tulkarem Educational Region, Palestine

Received : 06-06-2005 , Accepted : 24-05-2006

Language: Arabic

Abstract

This study aims to compare between cancerd and noncancerd persons in some emotional traits of personality: Depression, death anxiety, extraversion– introversion, stable– unstable, emotional distribution, and optimistic– pessimistic personality. To achieve this aim some instruments were applied to the sample which consisted of (96) persons (48 cancerd, and 48 noncancerd persons). The results showed the following: (1) The personality traits become available among the cancered persons such as: Death anxiety, extraversion– introversion, stable– unstable, emotional distribution, optimistic– pessimistic personality, and depression. However, these personality traits become available among the noncancerd persons such as: emotional distribution, extraversion – Introversion, stable– unstable, depression, and optimistic– pessimistic personality. (2) There were statistical significant main differences between cancerd and noncancerd persons in all personality traits, the cancerd persons indicated high and positive attitudes towards the traits of: Depression, death anxiety, Introversion, unstable, emotionality, and pessimistic personality. (3) There were no statistical significant main differences between cancer patients in many malignant tumor cancers in personality traits of: Depression, extraversion – introversion, and stable – unstable. However, there were statistical significant differences between patients in many malignant tumor cancers in the personality traits: Death anxiety, emotional distribution, and optimistic – pessimistic personality, in favor of the uterus cancer patients. (4) There were statistical significant main differences between cancer patients due to six variables related to personality traits: Death anxiety, emotional distribution, and optimistic – pessimistic personality, in favor to the female patients. However, there were no statistical significant main differences between cancer patients due the six variable related to personality traits: Depression, extraversion – Introversion, and stable – unstable.

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