Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice Innovations

Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice Innovations"

The Relation ship between type C personality, locus of control and hardiness in patients suffering from cancer and normal subjects

Authors
Farhad Jomehri
Mahmood Najafi
Eisa Jafari
Faramarz Sohrabi
10.22075/jcp.2017.1997
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: one of the important topic in the field of health psychology is the personality characteristics of individuals suffering from cancer. The present research aims at comparing type C personality, locus of control, and hardiness in patients suffering from cancer and healthy people.
Method: 60 patients from Tehran institute of cancer (Tehran Imam Khomeini hospital) AND 60 normal individuals from university staff members were selected using intact sampling and random sampling methods respectively. The type C personality, locus of control and hardiness tests were administrated.
Results: Significantly higher Type C personality and Locus of control scores, as well as lower level of hardiness were found for women and men with cancer disease.
Conclusions: Patients with cancer disease tend to show a type C personality character, an external locus of control and a lower hardiness than normal people
Keywords
cancer
Type C personality
Locus of control
Hardiness

  • Receive Date 29 January 2017
  • First Publish Date 29 January 2017
  • Publish Date 21 March 2009