Exploring the influence of gender-role socialization and objectified body consciousness on body image disturbance in breast cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2177-2185

  Boquiren, Virginia M ^a   Esplen, Mary Jane ^a,b,c   Wong, Jiahui ^b,c   Toner, Brenda ^b,e   Warner, Ellen ^d  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c De Souza Institute   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

breast cancer; gender role socialization; objectified body consciousness; oncology; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATH ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SEX ROLE; SHAME; SOCIALIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ATTITUDE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CARCINOMA; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SOCIALIZATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84885298917     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3271     Document Type: Article

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