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Premorbid Personality Differentiation of Cancer and Noncancer Groups: A Test of the Hypothesis of Cancer Proneness.
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Dattore, Patrick J.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores yielded significant discriminations between cancer and noncancer groups. The group with cancer was significantly separated from the noncancer group on the basis of lower scores on Byrne's Repression-Sensitization scale (greater repression) and on the Depression scale of the MMPI (less…
Descriptors: Cancer, Depression (Psychology), Males, Patients
The MMPI as a Predictor of Psychosocial Adaptation to Cancer.
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Sobel, Harry J.; Worden, J. William – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Examined utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) as a longitudinal predictor of psychosocial adaptation to cancer. A post hoc discriminant analysis revealed that 75% of all patients could have been correctly classified into a high-distressed v a low-distressed cancer patient group using only the MMPI. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cancer, Measurement Techniques, Patients