Table 3.

Personality factors association or not with CRC incidence in the selected studies.

	Association with CRC incidence	No association with CRC incidence
Emotional regulation	Phobias (Kavan et al., 1995) - PA Aggressive Hostility (Kavan et al., 1995) - PA Anger control/ negative affect (White et al., 2007) – PA (after adjusting for risk factors) Anger repression, Anger denial, non-expression of anger (Kune et al., 1991) - PA Denial of anger in women (Kune et al., 1991) - PA	Hostility (Lemogne et al., 2013) Type 1 (suppress negative emotions) (Lemogne et al., 2013) Extraversion (Nakaya et al., 2003, 2010) Neuroticism (Kavan et al., 1995; Nakaya et al., 2003, 2010) Emotional suppression: Unfulfilled needs for acceptance, Altruism, Rationalizing conflicts/frustrations (Nagano et al., 2008) Depression (Kavan et al., 1995)
Cognitive schemata	Religious Fundamentalism (Kavan et al., 1995) – NA	Type 5 (rational anti-emotional) (Lemogne et al., 2013) Psychoticism (Nakaya et al., 2003) Psychoticism-Peculiar Thinking (Kavan et al., 1995) Cynicism-Normal Paranoia (Kavan et al., 1995) Stereotypic Femininity and Masculinity (Kavan et al., 1995) Psychotic Paranoia (Kavan et al., 1995) Assertiveness (Kavan et al., 1995) Intellectual Interests (Kavan et al., 1995) Dreaming (Kavan et al., 1995)
Body-related processes		Denial of Somatic Problems (Kavan et al., 1995) Neurasthenic somatization (Kavan et al., 1995) Sexual adjustment (Kavan et al., 1995) Well-being – Health (Kavan et al., 1995)
Relational style	Loss-hopelessness: Object-dependence/happiness (Nagano et al., 2008) – PA Hysterical personality: Egoism and object-dependence/ambivalence (Nagano et al., 2008) – NA Beliefs: conflict in self-effacement vs. self-assertion (Kreitler et al., 2008) – PA Beliefs: conflict in closeness to others vs. distancing from others (Kreitler et al., 2008) - PA Perfect duty performance (Kreitler et al., 2008) - PA Commitment to conformity to social norms (Kune et al., 1991) - PA	Extroversion (Nakaya et al., 2003) Type A behavior pattern (time urgency, competitiveness, need for achievement) (Lemogne et al., 2013) Family Attachment (Kavan et al., 1995) Social extraversion (Kavan et al., 1995) Delinquency (Kavan et al., 1995) Inner Directedness (Kavan et al., 1995)

PA, Positive Association; NA, Negative Association.