My changed body: Breast cancer, body image, distress and self-compassion

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1872-1879

  Przezdziecki, Astrid ^a,b   Sherman, Kerry A ^a,c   Baillie, Andrew ^a   Taylor, Alan ^a   Foley, Elizabeth ^d   Stalgis Bilinski, Kellie ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Mind Potential   (Australia)

Author keywords

body image; breast cancer; cancer; oncology; psychological distress; self compassion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE SCALE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; SELF COMPASSION SCALE; SELF CONCEPT;

BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; ONCOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; SELF-COMPASSION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84880696933     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3230     Document Type: Article

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