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Personality characteristics in males conducive to lung cancer

Personality characteristics in males conducive to lung cancer Brit. J. Med. Psychol. (1963). 36, 21 Printed in Great Britain BY DAVID M. KISSEN* To test these hypotheses, the original The concept that psychological factors studies were extended to include (1) a per- might play a part in the aetiology of cancer sonality inventory-the Maudsley Personality is not a new one. Galen (A.D. 131-201) is Inventory (M.P.I.), and (2) a clinical question- reported by Mettler & Mettler (1956) to have naire designed to elicit pertinent factual said that cancer was much more frequent in ' melancholic ' than in ' sanguine ' women. Two clinical data at a personal interview. A report recent reviews, by Kowal (1955) and by of the related M.P.I. study has been prepared LeShan (1959), show that from the eighteenth separately (Kissen & Eysenck, 1962). This century onwards the concept has been given present paper describes that part of the in- vestigation using the clinical questionnaire attention by physicians and surgeons though and discusses the relationship and possible the literature is not voluminous. In the past decade or so, there have been many studies meaning of the personality features reported using the techniques of modern psychiatry in both studies. and clinical psychology. An assessment http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice Wiley

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Copyright © 1963 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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1476-0835
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2044-8341
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10.1111/j.2044-8341.1963.tb01262.x
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Brit. J. Med. Psychol. (1963). 36, 21 Printed in Great Britain BY DAVID M. KISSEN* To test these hypotheses, the original The concept that psychological factors studies were extended to include (1) a per- might play a part in the aetiology of cancer sonality inventory-the Maudsley Personality is not a new one. Galen (A.D. 131-201) is Inventory (M.P.I.), and (2) a clinical question- reported by Mettler & Mettler (1956) to have naire designed to elicit pertinent factual said that cancer was much more frequent in ' melancholic ' than in ' sanguine ' women. Two clinical data at a personal interview. A report recent reviews, by Kowal (1955) and by of the related M.P.I. study has been prepared LeShan (1959), show that from the eighteenth separately (Kissen & Eysenck, 1962). This century onwards the concept has been given present paper describes that part of the in- vestigation using the clinical questionnaire attention by physicians and surgeons though and discusses the relationship and possible the literature is not voluminous. In the past decade or so, there have been many studies meaning of the personality features reported using the techniques of modern psychiatry in both studies. and clinical psychology. An assessment

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Published: Mar 1, 1963

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