Personality, stress and cancer

Prediction and prophylaxis

Bibliographic Data

ID9617166
AuthorsH J Eysenck (University of London, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume61
Issue1
Pages57-75
Publication date1988-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Medical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1129 • E-ISSN: 2056-5194
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8341.1988.tb02765.x
PMID3282538
OpenAlexW2148347335
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited1

This paper reports results from three prospective studies, in which probands were followed over periods of 10 years, before inquiring about death and cause of death. Personality inventories were administered at the beginning of the 10 year period, as were questions concerning smoking, drinking, medical diseases, etc. It was found that personality variables were much more predictive of death from cancer or cardiovascular disease than was smoking, and that different personality types were susceptible to either of these two diseases. Personality type was defined in terms of differential ways of dealing with interpersonal stress, and it was found that stress was a very potent cause of death, in the sense that stressed probands had a 40 per cent higher death rate than non‐stressed probands

Cancer · Disease · Personality · Proband · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Health, psychology, and well-being · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology

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