Stress and cancer: The state of the art

Bahnson, Claus Bahne

doi:10.1016/s0033-3182(81)73533-3

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“…Kirton (1977) also concluded that some high scorers were not dissimulating but were, instead, naive and honest. Bahnson (1980) suggested that rigid adherence to *Author to whom comspondence should be addressed. social norms is a characteristic of the cancer prone personality and it may be, therefore, that the G scale is a useful measure of this.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Eysenck personality inventory L‐scores in patients with Hodgkin's disease and non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma

Ratcliffe¹,

Dawson

Walker

1995

Psycho-Oncology

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Sixty‐three patients with Hodgkin's disease and non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma were followed up for exactly 5 years after first diagnosis. Survival analysis was carried out using the log‐rank test (univariate) and Cox's proportional hazards regression method (multivariate). Variables examined were: age at diagnosis; gender; stage; symptoms; type of disease; grade of tumour, performance status; presence or absence of hypnotherapy or relaxation training; Eysenck Personality Inventory L‐scores; and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale scores. At diagnosis, in keeping with previous studies, L‐scores were high. Although L‐scores can be raised for several reasons, the L‐scale may be a useful measure of the cancer‐prone (type C) personality. Moreover, as predicted, L‐scores were associated with an increased risk of death within 5 years; L‐scores emerged as an independent risk factor as did depression scores. A relaxation‐based intervention may also have enhanced survival. Replication in the lymphomas, and investigation in other cancers, should be carried out.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Eysenck personality inventory L‐scores in patients with Hodgkin's disease and non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma

Ratcliffe¹,

Dawson

Walker

1995

Psycho-Oncology

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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).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…Numerous studies and literature reviews described a personality at risk for cancer. A personality marked by self containment, inhibition, rigidity, repression and regression was said to precede development of cancer in said individual (Bahson, 1980).…”

Section: Stress Emotions and Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%