Comparison of emotional extroversion, personality traits of women and men with cancer

Abstract

Background and purpose: Cancer is one of the major causes of death in the world and millions of people die from cancer every year. The present study was conducted to compare the emotional extroversion and personality traits of women and men with cancer. Research method: The research method was of comparative causal type. The statistical population of the study was all cancer patients referred to Al-Ghadir, Arash and Labafinejad hospitals in the 4th district of Tehran in 2019, which according to the statistics was 420 people. The statistical sample of the research was based on Morgan's table of 130 people, of which 64 were women and 66 were men. The sampling method of the research was available in the form of sampling. The research tools were Neo's personality questionnaire (1989) and King and Emmons' emotional projection questionnaire (1990) (EEQ). The method of data analysis was multivariate variance analysis using SPSS software. Findings: The research results showed that there is a significant difference between the personality traits of women and men with cancer at the level of 0.001. Also, there is a significant difference between the emotional extroversion of women and men with cancer at the level of 0.001. Conclusion: It can be concluded that gender can play a role in the type of personality traits and emotional projection in women and men with cancer.