Factors associated with romantic relationship formation difficulties in women with breast cancer

Shaw, Laura Kate; Sherman, Kerry A.; Fitness, Julie; Elder, Elisabeth

doi:10.1002/pon.4666

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“…The fact that the extent of the surgery has proved to be insignificant in this matter suggests that the issue of body acceptance should be given particular importance not only in the case of women after mastectomy but also in women treated by BCT. In this scope, our results are similar to those of other authors who observed symptoms of distress in women with breast cancer due to the discrepancy between the expected and the actual appearance after surgery 8,32,33. Another observation concerned the intimate relationship with a partner.…”

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“…Our analysis did not reveal differences in the result between the groups of women currently in a relationship and those living alone. Also, other authors suggest that single women, after receiving treatment against breast cancer, can have potential problems with entering into romantic relationships with men, which correlate with the increased level of fear, dissatisfaction with the body, and low evaluation of their own interpersonal competence . The next result, revealing higher scoring on the K scale, obtained by women after surgical treatment, may speak for some compensation strategies undertaken following the removal or mutilation of the breast, some of them manifested by a willingness to accentuate femininity with feminine attributes, such as clothes or make‐up.…”

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Exploring the relationship between the body self and the sense of coherence in women after surgical treatment for breast cancer

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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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Exploring the relationship between the body self and the sense of coherence in women after surgical treatment for breast cancer

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“…Demographic and medical data and t ‐test comparisons of mean outcomes are depicted in Table . The current sample displays: (a) similar DASS Stress scores to other samples of similar aged breast cancer survivors recruited from Breast Cancer Network Australia and elsewhere, and higher scores than healthy individuals; (b) similar scores on self‐compassion to older adults(mean age = 51.26) and other breast cancer survivor samples; (c) higher (worse) scores on negative IOC than breast and non‐Hodgkin lymphoma survivors; (d) Overall, the present sample is generally securely attached, with a tendency to be less secure for the attachment avoidance dimension. The mean scores on attachment anxiety in the present study M = 2.51 (SD = 1.05) are slightly (but not significantly) lower than that reported in a study of healthy community adults in Serbia M = 2.85 (SD = 1.45) and similar to that reported in an illness sample of individuals with ulcerative colitis M = 2.5 (SD = 1.4).…”

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“…Since the partners' insecure attachment has been linked with the cancer survivors' poor adjustment, attachment‐based couple therapy (eg, emotionally focused couple therapy) may be useful for insecurely attached couples. This is particularly pertinent as self‐compassion is not only believed to stem from prior interpersonal interactions but also implicated in romantic relationship formation post‐breast cancer and the quality of dyadic adjustment and communications among couples in the cancer context …”

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Attachment styles, self‐compassion, and psychological adjustment in long‐term breast cancer survivors

2019

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Objective: The increasing numbers of breast cancer survivors highlight the importance of delineating factors that identify women who are at risk of poor psychological adjustment in the long term. In breast cancer survivors, higher attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance have been associated with poorer psychological adjustment. Moreover, there is evidence that self-compassion, a kind manner of treating oneself during difficulties, is associated with psychological adjustment in this population. This study aimed to extend the association between attachment styles and psychological adjustment to the context of long-term breast cancer survivors and to determine whether lower self-compassion underlies this association.Methods: Participants (N = 82) were recruited through emailed invitations to members of the Review and Survey Group of Breast Cancer Network Australia. Following online consent, participants completed measures assessing attachment styles, selfcompassion, psychological stress, and the perceived negative impact of cancer.Bootstrapping analyses using the PROCESS macro were used to test the significance of indirect effects.Results: As hypothesised, correlational analyses revealed that higher attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance were significantly and positively associated with stress and perceived negative impact of cancer. Bootstrapping analyses revealed significant indirect effects of attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance (on both stress and perceived negative impact of cancer) through lower self-compassion.Conclusions: These findings suggest that self-compassion training may be useful for enhancing the psychological adjustment of long-term breast cancer survivors.Future longitudinal and experimental studies in more diverse samples are needed to confirm causal directionality of these relationships and to expand upon these findings. KEYWORDS attachment style, breast cancer, cancer, negative impact of cancer, oncology, psychological stress, self-compassion, survivorship

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“…Bu hassas popülasyonun cinselliği farklı sosyokültürel yapılar içerisindeki değişimlerden de çok yönlü olarak etkilenmektedir. [38][39][40] Aile üyeleri, kanserli hastalar için sosyal ve duygusal desteğin ana kaynağıdır ve hastalıkla baş etmede en önemli yapıdır. [4] Meme kanseri tanısı sonrası çiftlerin hastalık ve sonrasındaki süreçle nasıl baş edeceklerini, bunu etkileyen kültürel faktörleri analiz eden araştırmacılar, dört kültür faktörünü ortaya koymuşlardır.…”

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İnsan sosyolojik, psikolojik, kültürel ve fizyolojik yönleriyle, birçok alt sistem ve yapıdan oluşan bütünleşik ve kompleks bir varlık olup değişen ve gelişen zaman içerisinde çevresel etkileşim dinamizmi altında, her geçen gün farklılaşmakta ve sahip olduğu bu biyo-psiko-sosyal yapısının devamlılığını sağlamaktadır. [1] Bu yaşam döngüsü içerisinde bireyin sosyokültürel olarak sağlık kavramına bakış açısı değişmekte ve kaliteli yaşam kavramı öne çıkmaktadır. Dolayısıyla kaliteli yaşamı olumsuz yönde etkileyen, beklenilen ömrü kısaltan kanser önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunu ABSTRACT Cancer is a public health problem that affects the individual as versatile in terms of biologically, psychologically and socially, and break downs the quality of life, increasingly on the world and in our country. Therefore, sexuality, which is an important indicator of quality of life, is also affected negatively. Sexuality, a subjective and complex phenomenon that depends on social environment, religious, cultural, personal experiences, can not be considered apart from culture. It is known how important roles women have in society. Women with cancer are not only affected by the negative aspects due to cancer and their treatment, but also have difficulties in socio-cultural terms. Starting from this point, this review article examines the perception, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of different cultures related to cancer, their diagnosis, their approaches to the treatment process and the changes in the psychosocial status of individuals.

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Factors associated with romantic relationship formation difficulties in women with breast cancer

Cited by 17 publications

References 40 publications

Exploring the relationship between the body self and the sense of coherence in women after surgical treatment for breast cancer

Exploring the relationship between the body self and the sense of coherence in women after surgical treatment for breast cancer

Attachment styles, self‐compassion, and psychological adjustment in long‐term breast cancer survivors

Farklı kültürlerde jinekolojik ve meme kanserli kadın hastaların seksüaliteye bakış açıları ve yaşadıkları sorunlar

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