The involvement of an emotional

conflict in the development of

cancer
Backround
Nowadays modern medicine chooses to
separate the body from the emotional
part, so we decided to make a research
to show a correlation between emotions
and cancer.
Objective
Our objective was to find a link between
an emotional shock and the
development of cancer
Material and method
As a method of psychological
investigation we used a questionnaire
which encrypted the way an emotional

conflict has implications on a patient

diagnosed with cancer. Also, we
identified the level of stress using
Holmes and Rahe stress scale .Every
question from the questionnaire
answered with "YES" had a certain
number of points which were summed at
the end. The lot was formed from 51
oncologycal patients,with different types
of cancer,and 51 healthy people, both
males and females, with the ages
between 18-80 years old.
Results
In 84.32%(43) of the oncologycal cases
we could prove an emotional conflict.
From those with recognized emotional
conflicts, 46.51%(20) have spouse
related issues(divorce ,death, abuse,
illness,cheating ), 27.51%(12) have child

related issues ( death, disappointment,

illness), 13.95%(6) have issues
regarding first degree relatives ( mother,
father, brother, sister), 11.62%(5) have
another type of issues (job related,
money related, life related, anger, lack
of affection ). Also, based on our
investigation tools, we determined their
stress level, before and during
cancer,thus 88.23% have their stress
level above 300 . In the lot formed from
healthy people 68.62% have an
emotional conflict but only 9.80% have
their stress level above 300.
Conclusions
This study is designed to prove the
major connection between an emotional
conflict and the development of the
disease. Also, we determined the high

level of stress in our patients lifes,

everything above 300 represents a
major disease risk.