title: [Breast cancer and its psychological approach: family, others, chance and...me].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation, université catholique de Louvain, Belgique. janne@clap.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Janne
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tordeurs
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michaux
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ghislain
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazy
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: De Wispelaere
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Libert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reynaert
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Le cancer du sein et son approche psychologique: la famille, les autres, la chance et ... moi.