Greenberg R P, Dattore P J
Psychosom Med. 1981 Feb;43(1):35-43. doi: 10.1097/00006842-198102000-00005.
Theoretical speculations have raised the possibility that oral-dependent traits may predispose certain individuals to cancer. Alternatively, some have suggested that such traits are more broadly predictive of an array of illnesses. This study sought to test whether dependency characteristics predispose men to illness in general or cancer in particular whether such characteristics have no particular effect on the development of illness. Comparisons were made of the premorbid MMPI records of 58 V.A. male domiciliary residents who later developed cancer with the records of 104 residents who either remained disease free or developed one of three other conditions (benign tumors, hypertension, or gastrointestinal ulcers). Scores on eight scales, demonstrated to measure dependency related characteristics, were derived for all subjects. Results showed that four dependency measures predicted the later occurrence of illness. However, none of the measures specifically differentiated cancer from the other illness conditions or the no-disease group. Thus, while findings suggest that dependency may predispose men toward illness, no support was found for a specific link between dependency and cancer.
理论推测提出了一种可能性，即依赖型人格特质可能使某些个体易患癌症。或者，也有人认为这些特质能更广泛地预测一系列疾病。本研究旨在测试依赖型人格特质是否会使男性普遍易患疾病，尤其是癌症，或者这些特质对疾病的发展是否没有特定影响。对58名后来患癌的退伍军人男性住院患者的病前明尼苏达多相人格测验（MMPI）记录与104名未患病或患其他三种疾病（良性肿瘤、高血压或胃肠道溃疡）之一的住院患者的记录进行了比较。为所有受试者得出了八个量表的分数，这些量表被证明可测量与依赖相关的特质。结果显示，四项与依赖相关的测量指标预测了后来疾病的发生。然而，没有一项测量指标能将癌症与其他疾病状况或未患病组明确区分开来。因此，虽然研究结果表明依赖型人格特质可能使男性易患疾病，但未发现依赖与癌症之间存在特定联系的证据。
