Kanser Hastalarının Kişilik Özelliklerinin Kontrol Grubu ile Karşılaştırılması

Abstract

Amaç: Kişiliğin hem fiziksel hem de ruhsal sağlıkla ilişkili pek çok faktör üzerinde etkili olabildiği bilinmektedir. Bazı kişilik özelliklerinin kanser gelişiminde de bir faktör olarak önem taşıdığı düşünülmekte ve bu nedenle de kansere yatkın kişilik kavramı araştırmacıların ilgisini çekmeye devam etmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, farklı türden kanser hastaları ile sağlıklı kontrol grubu arasındaki kişilik özelliklerindeki farklılıkları incelemek ve karşılaştırmaktır.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışmaya farklı türden kanser tanısı olan hastalar (n=100) ve kontrol grubu olarak da sağlıklı bireylerden (n=93) oluşan toplam 193 kişi dahil edilmiştir. Kişilik özellikleri ile ilgili verilerin elde edilmesi için Hacettepe Kişilik Envanteri (HKE) kullanılmıştır.

Bulgular: HKE’nin kişisel uyum alt ölçeklerinden olan Kendini Gerçekleştirme (KG) ve Duygusal Kararlılık (DK) puan ortalamalarının kontrol grubu ile karşılaştırıldığında, kanser grubunda anlamlı şekilde daha düşük olduğu bulunmuştur (p=0,016 ve p=0,009). Kanser türlerine göre yapılan ileri analizler sonucunda ise, baş boyun kanseri alt grubunda hem KG hem de DK puanlarının, hem kontrol grubundan hem de diğer kanser türlerine sahip alt gruplardan daha düşük olduğu görülmüştür (p=0.004 ve p=0.001).

Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın sonuçları, kanser grubu ve kontrol grubu arasında kişilik özellikleri açısından farklılıklar olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Genel olarak, baş boyun kanserli hastalara özgü kişilik özelliklerinin kanser gelişiminde önemli bir faktör olmaktan ziyade, baş boyun kanseri gelişimi sonucu ortaya çıkmış olan tepkiler olabileceği düşünülmüştür.

Keywords

• kanser,kişilik,kişilik özellikleri,Hacettepe Kişilik Envanteri

A Comparison of Personality Characteristics between Patients with Cancer and the Control Group

Abstract

Aim: It is known that personality can affect most of the issues related to physical and mental health. It is thought that some personality features carry importance as a factor in cancer development, and therefore, the theory of a cancer-prone personality continues to attract researchers’ attention. The aim of this study is to investigate and compare the differences in personality characteristics between patients with different types of cancer and healthy control group.

Material and Methods: A total of 193 participants, patients with different types of cancer (n=100) and healthy individuals as the control group (n=93), were included in this study. Hacettepe Personality Inventory (HPI) was used to obtain the data related with personality traits.

Results: The mean score of self-realization (SR) and emotional stability (ES), which are personal adaptation subscales of the HPI, was found to be significantly lower in cancer group compared to control group (p=0.016 and p=0.009). As a result of further analyses performed according to cancer types, it was found that both SR and ES scores in head-neck cancer group were lower than both control group and other subgroups of cancer types (p=0.004 and p=0.001).

Conclusion: The results of this study revealed that there are differences between cancer and control groups in terms of personality characteristics. Overall, it was thought that the personality characteristics that are unique to patients with head-neck cancers may be the reactions that appear as a result of the development of head-neck cancer rather than a significant factor in cancer development.

Keywords

• cancer,personality,personality characteristics,Hacettepe Personality Inventory

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