AN ATTEMPT OF ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL PERSONALITY RISK FACTORS OF LUNG CANCER AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE VIA QUESTONNAIRE

• Authors: Zawadzki B. , Radzikowska E.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Paper presents the studies veryfying the model of potential personality risk factors of lung cancer and coronary heart disease, in which the new questionnaire - Inventory of Personality Patterns as applied. On the basis of the theoretical model it was assumed that depresiveness may be concerned as a common risk factor for both diseases, but hostility is specific for coronary heart disease and submissiveness for lung cancer. The process of development of the inventory as well as analysis of its psychometric properties (factorial structure, intercorrelations of scales, their construct-oriented and criterion-related validity) were planned with the aim to verify hypotheses, based on the theoretical model. The findings obtained in the whole series of empirical studies do not allow to fully confirm the assumptions of the theoretical model as well as the validity of the new inventory. The most results generally supported the model, but some findings were in contradiction with theoretical expectations. In the discussion, the necessity of further studies, aimed on verification of the model of common and specific personality risk factors of lung cancer and coronary heart disease, was suggested.

Keywords

EN

CORONARY HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; PERSONALITY RISK FACTORS

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Interdyscyplinarne Centrum Genetyki Zachowania (ICGZ) Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Psychologia-Etologia-Genetyka
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 135-157
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zawadzki B.

author

Radzikowska E.

• B. Zawadzki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydzial Psychologii, ul. Stawki 5-7, 00-183 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01262887