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Mansik Prakriti of Cancer Patients; an Empirical Study
- By Indu Tripathi, Rakesh Pandey
- Published 02/7/2005
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Indu Tripathi, Rakesh Pandey
Indu Tripathi 104,Nicklaus Road Leicester LE4 7RT U.K. Rakesh Pandey Dept. of Psychology Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur - India
View all articles by Indu Tripathi, Rakesh PandeyTable 2 : Comparison of Normal and Cancer Groups with regard to their Personality Characteristics
Personality | Cancer Groups | Normal Groups | t | ||
| Characteristics | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | |
| Kindness | 15.80 | 2.15 | 19.60 | 2.80 | 5.51** |
| Tolerance | 17.32 | 2.19 | 19.32 | 2.82 | 2.85** |
| Revengefulness | 18.00 | 2.69 | 16.28 | 2.65 | 2.29* |
| Materialistic | 19.44 | 3.37 | 23.68 | 1.83 | 5.57** |
| Courageous | 15.52 | 5.62 | 18.08 | 3.26 | 5.56** |
| Anxiety | 20.88 | 5.91 | 17.68 | 3.07 | 2.44* |
| Patience | 15.52 | 2.55 | 17.52 | 2.77 | 2.70** |
| Allurement | 19.04 | 3.72 | 16.00 | 3.83 | 2.87** |
| Anger | 17.44 | 2.46 | 14.72 | 3.12 | 3.52** |
| Arrogance | 18.28 | 2.74 | 15.52 | 3.30 | 3.24** |
*P <.05 ? **P <.01
Table 3 : Total scores on three types of prakriti of the Normal and Cancer Groups
| Prakriti | No. of | Normal Group | Cancer Group | t | ||
| | Cases | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | |
| Satwik | 25 | 17.88 | 4.09 | 17.28 | 4.34 | 0.65 |
| Rajsik | 25 | 15.95 | 3.40 | 18.13 | 2.99 | 2.40** |
| Tamsik | 25 | 13.04 | 1.05 | 16.89 | 4.95 | 3.89** |
REFERENCES
1. Charak Samhita : Chakra Pani Dutta, ed. By Jadavji Trikamji Acharya, III ed. Pub. By Nirnai Nagar Press, Bombay-2 2. Charak Sh. 4/36: Charak Samhita (1962): Charak ed. by Pt. Rajeshwar Dutt Shastri et.al; Chaukhambha Sanskrit Series, Varanasi.
3. Sushruta Sh. 1/18 : Sushruta Samhita (1975 ) : Commn. by B.G. Ghanekar ,III Ed., Motilal Banarasidas, Varanasi.
4. Va. Sh. 8/35 : Vagbhatta (JR ) (1963) : Ashtanga Hridaya ; Commented by Pt. Lalchandra Vaidya , Sharir 3/83-104 (Varanasi, Motilal Banarasidas).
5. Charak Sutra 1/45-47 : Charak Samhita.
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