Hopelessness as a predictor of cervical cancer

Schmale, Arthur H.; Iker, Howard P.

doi:10.1016/0037-7856(71)90090-4

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“…Nothing of the kind can be presumed in non-student populations, and the very frequent misunderstandings of questions reported by our interviewers is eloquent testimony to such needs. The Schmale and Iker (1971) study is eloquent witness to the need for appropriate methodology and instruments in this field; they succeeded in verifying their theory that hopelessness was a valid prediction of cancer when they used an appropriate structured interview, but failed dismally (using the same subjects) when they used the MMPI and the Rorschach (Eysenck, 1990b). Measurement in epidemiology needs to be informed on psychological issues if results are to be taken seriously (Eysenck, 1991).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED: Method of test administration as a factor in test validity: the use of a personality questionnaire in the prediction of cancer and coronary heart disease

Grossarth-Maticek

Eysenck

Boyle

1995

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED: Method of test administration as a factor in test validity: the use of a personality questionnaire in the prediction of cancer and coronary heart disease

Grossarth-Maticek

Eysenck

Boyle

1995

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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“…He and others (Bahnson, 1969(Bahnson, , 1976(Bahnson, , 1980Bahnson & Bahnson, 1966;Kissen, 1964a,b;Kissen & Eysenck, 1962;Le Shan, 1961, 1977Schmale & Iker, 1971) used traditional theories linking cancer with suppression of emotional expression and failure to cope properly with stress, leading to feelings of hopelessness, and helplessness, and ultimately depression. Coronary heart disease was linked by Friedman and Rosenman (1959) with Type A personality (Price, 1982), and more specifically with reactions of anger, hostility, and aggression to stress (Eysenck, 1990;Friedman & Booth-Kewley, 1987a,b).…”

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An empirical study of the diathesis-stress theory of disease

Grossarth-Maticek¹,

Eysenck

Boyle

1994

Int J Stress Manage

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One thousand, one hundred and twenty-one Jewish concentration camp survivors were compared with 367 Jewish controls who had not been in a concentration camp, and had not lost any family members in such a camp. Of interest was the mortality of camp and comparison groups, on the hypothesis that the stress of being in a camp would adversely affect inmates. It was found that former camp inmates were over twice as likely to die of cancer, coronary heart disease, or other causes as the comparison subjects of similar age and sex composition, and that severity of stress was correlated with mortality in the expected direction. Diathesis, determined by means of a special intervieweradministrated questionnaire, was found to interact synergistically with stress in producing high mortality.

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“…Blumberg (1954) showed tumor growth rate to be related to performance on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Schmale and Iker (1971) concluded that depression affiliated with hopelessness was a predictor of whether or not cancer would be detected in women presenting for cervical bone biopsy. In the present study, changes of a magnitude great enough to yield clear-cut visual differences in plaque appearance were a complete surprise.…”

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Biofeedback and Control of Skin Cell Proliferation in Psoriasis

Benoit¹,

Harrell

1980

Psychol Rep

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The present study was designed to determine the effect of skin-temperature-biofeedback training on cellular proliferation in three psoriasis patients. It was hypothesized that (a) psoriasis patients would be able to consciously decrease skin temperature of psoriatic tissue, and (b) there would be a positive correlation between rate of cellular proliferation and temperature change.Results obtained indicated biofeedback training to be effective in decreasing the surface temperature of psoriatic tissue.A 2 X 7 analysis of variance for two repeated measures indicated the change in skin temperatures as a function of sample period to be significant, F (6,26) = 3.29, p < .02.Generalization of temperature-training effects from the biofeedback to the no-feedback condition were observed. Rate of proliferation decreased from pretraining to posttraining biopsies.

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Hopelessness as a predictor of cervical cancer

Cited by 169 publications

References 14 publications

RETRACTED: Method of test administration as a factor in test validity: the use of a personality questionnaire in the prediction of cancer and coronary heart disease

RETRACTED: Method of test administration as a factor in test validity: the use of a personality questionnaire in the prediction of cancer and coronary heart disease

An empirical study of the diathesis-stress theory of disease

Biofeedback and Control of Skin Cell Proliferation in Psoriasis

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