TY - JOUR T1 - A Study of Cancer Patients' Personality Profile and it's Comparison with that of Normal Persons TT - بررسی نیمرخ شخصیتی بیماران مبتلا به سرطان و مقایسه آن با افراد عادی JF - umsha JO - umsha VL - 16 IS - 4 UR - http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-295-en.html Y1 - 2010 SP - 26 EP - 30 KW - Neoplasms KW - Personality Profile N2 - Introduction & Objective: This study compared the personality profile of cancer patients with that of normal persons. The aim was identifying personality traits related to people who suffered from cancer, and helping them to cope with the situation and adjust with life. Materials & Methods: This research was a casual comparative study. For this purpose 100 persons were selected from hematology and oncology center and asked to complete (NEO) personality inventory. Then 94 persons were selected as matched group. Results: The result showed that neuroticism was high in cancer patients (p M3 ER -