Pregledni rad
Body image as a clinical entity and overall factor of latent somatopsychic anxiety in breast cancer patients
Miroslav Prstačić
; Department of the Study of Motoric Disturbances, Chronic Disease and Art-Therapies, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb & Croatian Psychosocial Oncology Association, Zagreb, Croatia
Renata Martinec
; Department of the Study of Motoric Disturbances, Chronic Disease and Art-Therapies, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb & Croatian Psychosocial Oncology Association, Zagreb, Croatia
Branko Nikolić
; Department of the Study of Motoric Disturbances, Chronic Disease and Art-Therapies, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb & Croatian Psychosocial Oncology Association, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Body image, and the impact of treatment on body image in women with breast cancer, remains an important issue for researchers and clinicians in the interdisciplinary fields of psychosocial oncology and rehabilitation.
The paper presents a comparative analysis of research papers published in relevant research publications - European Journal of Cancer, Psycho-Oncology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Journal of Chronic Diseases, etc. – focusing on the issues of body image in women with breast cancer. The sample consisted of 25 research papers.
The clinical entity of body image was analyzed on the basis of connection among dominant variables (breast cancer, quality of life, psychosocial adjustment, sexuality, body image) and different categories of complementary variables such as psycho-emotional determinants, psychosocial determinants, body experience, therapeutic approaches, and scientific evaluation. Based on the analysis of correlations among dominant and complementary variables which defined quasi-canonical factors, it seemed appropriate to call them an overall factor of latent somatopsychic anxiety. This factor might represent one of important components in consideration of the clinical entity of body image in diagnostics and therapy.
The presented results arise from a scientific research project on “Complementary Supportive Therapies and Development of Life Potentials”, supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia.
Ključne riječi
body image; breast cancer; scientific research; comparative analysis
Hrčak ID:
277476
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Datum izdavanja:
30.11.2011.
Posjeta: 371 *