Stress coping strategy and mode of coping, in relation to proneness to cancer and cardiovascular disease(I):

Stress Coping Strategy and Mode of Coping, in Relation to Proneness to Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease(ii):

“…On the contrary, no such a correlation was found in their mothers, indicating that although it is similar to that of fathers, the relationship of cancer-proneness and emotional coping of females is different from that of their mothers. Such a difference between females and their mothers is in good contrast with a similarity between males and their mothers in the previous study (Shigehisa et al, 1989) . On the other hand, cardiovascular disease-prone behavior was positively correlated with both coping strategies, cognitive and emotional, in fathers but not in female adolescents or mothers.…”

“…This apparent similarity may reflect the similarity of the content of actually experienced stress between these two patterns of disease-related behavior. The apparent similarity of females to thier mothers (rather than fathers) corresponds well with males' similarity to their fathers (rather than mothers) in the previous study (Shigehisa et al, 1989) .…”

“…Gender differenees in stress coping and diseaseproneness The present results indicated that females' tendency to cope with stress by regulating emotions is positively correlated with their proneness to cancer, and this tendency is linked with their fathers' (but not mothers') tendency to cope with stress by solving the problems, but not by regulating emotions. The previous study showed that males' tendency to cope with stress by problem solving is positively correlated with their proneness to cardiovascular disease, and this tendency is linked with their parents' either coping tendency (Shigehisa et al, 1989) . These gender differences imply that it is a pattern of interpersonal relationships that is important in understanding the specific disease-proneness rather than each single strategy or mode of coping.…”

“…Devices used for measuring two stress coping strategies, four modes of coping, four psychosocial types or disease-prone behavior patterns and procedures used for these measurements in the present study were same as those used in the previous study (Shigehisa et al, 1989) .…”

“…Previous investigations have shown that the greater the proneness to cancer the greater the tendency to cope with stress through emotional strategy but not cognitive one (Shigehisa, Fukui and Motoaki, 1989) . These results indicated, contrary to Western studies (Eysenck, 1985 ; 1988b ; Grossarth-Maticek, Eysenck and Vetter, 1988a ; Grossarth-Maticek, Eysenck, Vetter and Schmidt, 1988b) , that Japanese males who are predisposed to cancer may use predominantly emotional, non-rational, non-repressed way of coping with stressful encounters as a possible alternative to cognitive one.…”