Personality type, smoking habit and their interaction as predictors of cancer and coronary heart disease

摘要: In the first paper of this symposium, it was concluded that evidence strong concerning relationship between individual traits personality, such as hopelessness/helplessness, neuroticism and its obverse, namely rational-antiemotional behaviour, anger/arousal on one hand, diseases like cancer coronary heart disease, other. It also suggested a more global concept personality type, either cancer-prone or disease-prone, might be even predictive than simple combination in question. Such an attempt is described here, giving much greater detail about nature types question than. contained previous accounts (Eysenck, 1987a, 1987b; Grossarth-Maticek, 1986). This system typology does not claim universal validity, but specifically geared to prediction cardiovascular disease people who experience certain stress react ways stress. As consequence, occurrence stress, particular reaction different which are important. A brief description four will given, followed by actual questionnaire used three prospective studies here reported. The forms basis arises from individual’s failure relate positively emotionally highly important object, could person, specific professional success, aspect living.