Comparison of Personality Characteristics and Resilience in People with Cardiovascular Disease and Normal Subjects

The purpose of this study was to comparison of personality characteristics and resiliency in people with cardiovascular disease and normal subjects. The method of this study was comparative with descriptive methods. The statistical population of this study was all patients with coronary artery disease in Shiraz, Kowsar, and Ordibehesht hospitals in summer o f 2017, A total of 80 patients were selected through targeted sampling and the normal group (without physical illness) was selected by 80 people matched by age, sex, education, employment and marriage. Both groups were evaluated with a researcher's satisfaction with personality assessment and resiliency questionnaires. Data collected by descriptive statistics (mean & standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of variance & T-test for testing hypotheses) were analyzed using SPSS-22 software. The results ofthe data analysis showed that cardiovascular patients scored more significant scores in the personality component of psychosis and less significant scores in the personality flexibility component compared to the normal group. Also, in the resiliency variable, the heart disease group had less significant scores compared to the normal group. It is suggested that the results of this study be used to design the educational programs of cardiac patients.