Avatars and the Disease: Digital Customization as a Resource for Self-Perception Assessment in Breast Cancer Patients

Triberti, Stefano; Gorini, Alessandra; Savioni, Lucrezia; Sebri, Valeria; Pravettoni, Gabriella

doi:10.1089/cyber.2018.0461

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“…Indeed, patients' and survivors' bodies are not only affected by the disease but also by the secondary consequences of treatment such as surgery and chemotherapy (Munzone et al, 2019;Oliveri et al, 2020). Psycho-oncologists are well aware that alterations of BI go way beyond a mere "self-appreciation" issue: the body is felt as less whole, less feminine, and as a source of danger and betrayal (Rubin and Tanenbaum, 2011;Triberti et al, 2019a). Women are directly affected by this perception in their intimacy and sexual life, as well as in their perceived ability to give birth and nurture (Markopoulos et al, 2009;Faccio et al, 2020).…”

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The Efficacy of Psychological Intervention on Body Image in Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic-Review and Meta-Analysis

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The experience of breast cancer and related treatments has notable effects on women's mental health. Among them, the subjective perception of the body or body image (BI) is altered. Such alterations deserve to be properly treated because they augment the risk for depression and mood disorders, and impair intimate relationships. A number of studies revealed that focused psychological interventions are effective in reducing BI issues related to breast cancer. However, findings are inconsistent regarding the dimension of such effects. This meta-analysis synthesizes and quantifies the efficacy of psychological interventions for BI in breast cancer patients and survivors. Additionally, since sexual functioning emerged as a relevant aspect in the BI distortions, we explored the efficacy of psychological interventions on sexual functioning related to BI in breast cancer patients and survivors. The literature search for relevant contributions was carried out in March 2020 through the following electronic databases: Scopus, PsycINFO, and ProQUEST. Only articles available in English and that featured psychological interventions for body image in breast cancer patients or survivors with controls were included. Seven articles with 17 dependent effect sizes were selected for this meta-analysis. Variables were grouped into: Body Image (six studies, nine dependent effect sizes) and Sexual Functioning Related to the Body Image in breast cancer patients and survivors (four studies, eight dependent effect sizes). The three-level meta-analysis showed a statistically significant effect for Body Image [g = 0.50; 95% CI (0.08; 0.93); p < 0.05] but no significant results for Sexual Functioning Related to Body Image [g = 0.33; 95% CI (−0.20; 0.85); p = 0.19]. These results suggest that psychological interventions are effective in reducing body image issues but not in reducing sexual functioning issues related to body image in breast cancer patients and survivors. Future review efforts may include gray literature and qualitative studies to better understand body image and sexual functioning issues in breast cancer patients. Also, high-quality studies are needed to inform future meta-analyses.

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“…Secondly, emotion regulation includes the modulation of emotional arousal and intensity to control behavioral responses through conscious cognitive strategies (Fresco, Mennin, Heimberg, & Ritter, 2013). A growing number of studies evidenced that maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, such as the avoidance of unwanted emotions, predicted high level of emotional disorders and anxiety (Shallcross, Troy, Boland, & Mauss, 2010;Vanderhasselt et al, 2014;Zlomke & Hahn, 2010), which is especially relevant for individuals' positive attitudes (Sebri, Savioni, Triberti, Mazzocco, & Pravettoni, 2019;Triberti, Gorini, Savioni, Sebri, & Pravettoni, 2019). At the same time, Mashal et al (2020) showed a negative correlation between worry and positive emotion regulation strategies (for example, cognitive reappraisal).…”

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Worry during the initial height of the COVID-19 crisis in an Italian sample

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In the earliest months of 2020, the COVID-19 emergency reached a pandemic status of international concern. In this situation, people tended to think more about current difficulties and their negative consequences due to the fear of infection and changed daily life during quarantine. The aim of this study was to explore the severity of worry in relation to individual characteristics and emotions during COVID-19 outbreak in the Italian people. Socio-demographic questions and standardized self-report questionnaires were administered online.Results highlighted a moderate level of worry, anxiety and distress. People with higher perceptions of COVID-19 severity exhibited higher levels of worry in contrast to those who perceived a greater control over the possibility of infection. Multiple regression analysis indicated that coping styles, emotion regulation strategies and personality traits significantly contributed to explain the variance in worry scores. Findings supported that cognitive reappraisal, emotion-focused coping and extraversion were protective factors for worry, while expressive suppression, dysfunctional and problem-focused coping, and neuroticism were related to high worry. However, neuroticism and dysfunctional coping were particularly important predictors of worry. This paper also considers possible psychological interventions that might be implemented in order to deal with mental health issues emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…Ideally, along this cancer continuum, decisions should be based on clear benefits and fully understood drawbacks, associated with an understanding of alternative courses of action (Reyna et al, 2015). The patient must be fully aware of what is happening to him or her, the current state of the disease, comparing all the different notions and ideas, and the multiple representations of illness and its consequences (Sainio et al, 2001; Renzi et al, 2016; Triberti et al, 2019a).…”

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How to Train Your Health: Sports as a Resource to Improve Cognitive Abilities in Cancer Patients

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From a cognitive-psychological perspective, physical exercise (PE) and sports are an interesting tool for improving people’s cognitive abilities. One field of application for such a tool is decision making (DM) support in chronic patients, cancer patients, and survivors in particular. On the one hand, cancer patients and survivors have to continually take important decisions about their own care (e.g., treatment choice; changes in lifestyle), in collaboration with caregivers and health providers; on the other hand, side effects of treatment may be detrimental to cognitive abilities, such as attention, which make the health DM tasks even more demanding, complex, and emotionally disruptive for patients. Since cancer patients have to engage in healthy activities both for improving their own quality of life and for sustaining the effects of medications, clinical advice to engage in sport and PE is becoming more and more widespread within interventions. However, while sports are usually seen as healthy physical activities, their impact on cognitive abilities is mostly overlooked in the literature. The hypothesis of the present work is that sports could be fully exploited in their potential as focused exercises for cognitive ability training, in the field of cognitive training for chronic patients specifically. Indeed, literature shows that different sports (e.g., individual or team-based) influence and possibly augment cognitive abilities such as focused and divided attention, working memory, and DM under time constraints. Moreover, besides providing training for cognitive abilities, the experience of sports may represent an opportunity to explore, train and sharpen DM abilities directly: we identify five ways in which sport experiences may influence DM processes, and provide indications for future research on the topic.

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Avatars and the Disease: Digital Customization as a Resource for Self-Perception Assessment in Breast Cancer Patients

Cited by 17 publications

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The Efficacy of Psychological Intervention on Body Image in Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic-Review and Meta-Analysis

The Efficacy of Psychological Intervention on Body Image in Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic-Review and Meta-Analysis

Worry during the initial height of the COVID-19 crisis in an Italian sample

How to Train Your Health: Sports as a Resource to Improve Cognitive Abilities in Cancer Patients

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