Body image in relation to self-esteem in a sample of spanish women with early-stage breast cancer

  • Dimitra Manos
  • Julia Sebastián
  • Maria José Bueno
  • Nuria Mateos
  • Alejandro de la Torre
Palabras clave: Breast cancer, Body image, Self esteem, Quality of life,

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Aim: Women diagnosed and surgically treated for early-stage breast cancer were studied to determine the influence that sociodemographic variables, type of surgery, amount of social support, and quality of life had on their body image and self-esteem. Method: Subjects n=54; Measures: Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), Body Image Questionnaire (authors´article) and E.O.R.T.C. (Quality of life) (Aaronson et al, 1988) Result and conclusions: Analyses of variance showed that married women reported a more positive body image than non married women, and so did women with a lumpectomy versus those with a mastectomy. These variables did not relate significantly to the patients’ self-esteem, which in turn was found to be higher in women aged 43-55 years old when compared to younger women. Correlational analyses revealed a significant negative correlation between the deterioration of quality of life after surgery and both body image and

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2005-01-01
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Manos D. ., Sebastián J. ., Bueno M. J. ., Mateos N. . y Torre A. d. l. (2005). Body image in relation to self-esteem in a sample of spanish women with early-stage breast cancer. Psicooncología, 2(1), 103-116. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/PSIC/article/view/PSIC0505120103A
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