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An exploration was made of relationships between 3 urinary hormone metabolites (androsterone, estradiol, adrenocorticoids) and 7 aspects of personality (Kindliness, Security, Submissiveness, Hostility, Anxiety, Assertiveness, and a combination score representing stressful-nonstressful feelings) as measured by a self-rating, 60-word adjective checklist. There were 130 male Ss, 56 with lung or prostate cancer, 38 with emphysema or benign prostate hyperplasia, and 36 well individuals. Of 21 rank coefficients computed for the total group, 5 reached the .05 level of significance; among cancer patients, 2 of 21 coefficients were significant; and among noncancer Ss, 9 of the 21 were significant. There was no consistent pattern in the results for the patients with cancer. Among the noncancer Ss, stressful feelings tended to be positively associated, and nonstressful feelings negatively associated, with the hormone metabolite levels.

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Psychological-Hormonal Relationships in Men with Cancer

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