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Historically, there has been a great deal of speculation about the possible role of personality and stress as risk factors in the causation of cancer and coronary heart disease (CHD). For cancer, good summaries are found in the works of Bammer and Newberry (1981), Cooper (1983), Hager (1986), Levy (1985), and Pohler (1989). For CHD, the writings of Price (1982) and Steptoe (1981) and relevant and, for stress research in general, a book edited by Cooper (1983). Based on research of this kind, there had been a good deal of interest in the possibility of preventing cancer and CHD by suitable intervention through psychotherapy (Eylenbosch, Depoorter, & Larebeke, 1988).
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Eysenck, H.J. (1991). Personality and Stress as Risk Factors. In: Smoking, Personality, and Stress. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4440-0_6
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