The role of personality and temperamental factors in breast cancer: A 5-year prospective examination

• Authors: Izdebski P.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This research examined the role of personality and temperament as predictors of mortality among patients with breast cancer. A prospective evaluation of the influence of personality and temperament on patient survival was conducted over an average 5-year period. The whole group consisted of 126 breast cancer patients. At a follow-up 24 patients had died. All patients were tested with NEO-FFI (personality assessment) and FCB-TI (questionnaire for temperament assessment by Strelau). Other medical and demographic factors were controlled. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the effect of 5 dimensions of personality and 6 dimensions of temperament. Other predictors of survival were also controlled. Agreeableness, emotional reactivity and sensory sensitivity were strong predictors of survival. Their relationships with helplessness/hopelessness are also analyzed. These findings suggest that some of the temperamental and personality characteristics could serve as important factors in the course of breast cancer.

Keywords

EN

BREAST CANCER - SURVIVAL FACTORS; PROSPECTIVE RESEARCH

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 198-205
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Izdebski P.

• P. Izdebski, Uniwerstytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy, Instytut Psychologii, ul. Chodkiewicza 30, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA03787583