Impact of body image on depression and quality of life among women with breast cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-460

  Begovic Juhant, Ana ^a   Chmielewski, Amy ^b   Iwuagwu, Stella ^a   Chapman, Lauren A ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body image; breast cancer; depression; femininity; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR THE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863702253     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.684856     Document Type: Article

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