@ARTICLE{Asvadi Kermani, author = {Asvadi Kermani, Iraj and Ashraphian, Parvaneh and Zeinali, Shirin and Imani, Mehdi and Shabanloei, Reza and }, title = {A Study of Cancer Patients' Personality Profile and it's Comparison with that of Normal Persons}, volume = {16}, number = {4}, abstract ={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 }, URL = {http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-295-en.html}, eprint = {http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-295-en.pdf}, journal = {Avicenna Journal of Clinical Medicine}, doi = {}, year = {2010} }