[Breast cancer and its psychological approach: family, others, chance and...me].
Since several years already, the scientific literature evoked the psycho-oncological perspective in the psychotherapeutic treatment of the patient suffering of a malignant mammary pathology. The objective of this article is to insist on some characteristics of personality inherent to the individual that suffers of a malignant mammary pathology. Comparing three groups of women (malignant mammary pathology--n = 51, benign mammary pathology--n = 71 and a group controls--n = 30), a set of questionnaires relating to locus of control and to the close circle--family and couple--has been managed. Results indicate that the woman suffering of a breast cancer is less "intern", consider that her health depends on factor "luck" and wish less cohesion and therefore more of distance within her couple and her family.
Janne
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Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation, université catholique de Louvain, Belgique. janne@clap.ucl.ac.be
Tordeurs
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Michaux
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Ghislain
M C
MC
Mazy
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De Wispelaere
J F
JF
Libert
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Reynaert
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Le cancer du sein et son approche psychologique: la famille, les autres, la chance et ... moi.