Objective Analysis of the relationship between the body self (BS) and the sense of coherence (SOC) in women after breast surgery due to cancer in comparison with a control group. Methods A cross‐sectional study in a group of 78 women using the body–self questionnaire (BS‐Q), and the life orientation questionnaire (SOC‐29). Statistics based on the IBM SPSS v.25. Results Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) has shown significant differences based on groups in experiencing intimacy, manifesting femininity, body acceptance, and manageability. In particular, manifesting femininity and body acceptance showed a big effect size (0.30 < partial ɳ2 < 0.32). Correlation analysis between the BS‐Q and SOC‐29 subscales and Fisher's r to z transformation determines that the differences between groups were significant in favour of healthy women in two sets of variables: experiencing intimacy/meaningfulness and attitude to food and weight/manageability. Conclusions Breast cancer survivors are at greater risk of developing decreased body acceptance and problems in intimacy, and have less correlation than the healthy control group between manageability and meaningfulness with an appropriate attitude to food and intimate relationship with their partner, respectively. A higher manifestation of femininity in the treated group can be considered a positive but socioculturally conditioned coping strategy.

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Cel pracyCelem badania była weryfikacja nastepujących hipotez: 1. Czy kobiety, które przeszły chirurgiczne leczenie raka piersi różnią się od zdrowych kobiet sposobem doświadczania własnego ciała (Ja cielesne)? 2. Czy technika chirurgiczna (mastektomia vs zabieg oszczędzający pierś) różnicuje grupę operowanych kobiet pod względem doświadczanie ciała po operacji? 3. Czy zmienne demograficzne, BMI, rozmiar biustu i ocena blizny różnicują grupę badanych kobiet pod względem doświadczenia cielesności po operacji?MetodaW celu zbadania sposobu doświadczania swojego ciała przez kobiety po operacji piersi zastosowano Kwestionariusz Ja cielesne (J-C) autorstwa Beaty Miruckiej (2005). Analizie poddano wyniki kwestionariusza uzyskane od 50 kobiet. Wyniki porównano z grupą kontrolną kobiet zdrowych. Analizę statystyczną przeprowadzono z zastosowaniem pakietu IBM SPSS Statistics, wersja 24, z jednoczynnikową analizą wariancji (ANOVA).WynikiIstotne różnice uzyskano pomiędzy całą grupą kobiet po operacji piersi, niezależnie od techniki operacyjnej i grupą kontrolną w trzech aspektach kwestionariusza J-C: akceptacja ciała, manifestowanie kobiecości i doświadczanie intymności.WnioskiOperacyjne leczenie raka piersi pozostaje w istotnym związku ze sposobem przeżywania swojego ciała, wyrażonym w trzech wymiarach Ja cielesnego badanych kobiet.

Patients with schizophrenia experience disruptions in the sense of body ownership much more intensively compared to the control group. The intensity of RHI is related to the personality organization level and to the most common activation of mechanisms from immature group, especially schizoid fantasy and projection.

This paper is a theoretical investigation of body identity. It is an attempt to deepen the analysis of body identity in its subjective aspect, which is framed as a constellation of complex identity senses: the sense of being, continuity of body self in time and space, inner consistency, separateness and bodily limits, as well as the senses of body ownership and agency. All the identified motives of body identity are regarded as pertaining to a special scope in the relationship with the body which produces the sense of body self, i.e., the sense of being an embodied subject. Ultimately, body identity is defined as a holistic and a higher order manner of experiencing one's body self which anchors a human being in his/her subjectivity and uniqueness, thus complementing the individual and social aspect of identity.

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This study investigated the relationship between disorders of the body self and personality defence mechanisms of women with bulimia nervosa. It was hypothesized that women with bulimia nervosa would not form a homogeneous group in terms of the body self disorder and that the extent of this disorder would be significantly related to personality functioning in terms of the defence styles adopted. The hypothesis was investigated with the aid of two questionnaires: the Body Self Questionnaire (Mirucka, 2005) and the Defence Style Questionnaire by Andrews, Singh and Bond (1993). 36 women aged between 15 and 25 years, who fulfilled the DSM IV criteria for bulimia nervosa participated in the study. Conclusions from the study were that: (1) the body self of bulimic women is differentially disordered at three levels: profound, moderate and minimal. (2) the degree to which the body self was found to be disordered is significant in psychological terms as it is related to the defence style adopted by the bulimic personality. The profound and moderate levels of body self disorder related to immature defence styles, while minimal levels of disruption to body self were associated with neurotic and mature styles.