| Abstrakt: |
Cancer can lead to many psychological issues. Although most of the research has focused on post-cancer problems, this study has been carried out focusing on normal and abnormal personality patterns that may result in cancer. This study is based on biopsychosocial model of health, and dynamic model of personality. The patient’s normal and abnormal personality patterns were evaluated by using Shedler and Westsen’s Assessment Procedure (SWAP). The SWAP results did match patient’s normal and abnormal personality patterns. In other words, the patient’s dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder patterns were consistent with low self-knowledge, high narcissism, low Machiavellianism, low psychopathy, low self-esteem, high religious fundamentalism, high repression, low mindfulness, low self-compassion, and high social desirability. Identifying and managing the side effects of these kinds of personality patterns could empower psychotherapeutic protocols and also increase therapeutic compliance in leukemia patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
