Body image, self-concept, and self-esteem in women who had a mastectomy and either wore an external breast prosthesis or had breast reconstruction and women who had not experienced mastectomy.
Health Care Women Int
; 15(5): 361-75, 1994.
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ABSTRACT
The perceptions of three groups of women regarding their body image, self-concept, total self-image, and self-esteem were compared. The groups included 64 women who had mastectomies and wore external breast prostheses, 31 women who had mastectomies and underwent breast reconstruction, and a control group of 78 women who had not experienced mastectomy. The body image, total self-image, and self-esteem mean scores indicated that the prosthesis and reconstruction groups had more positive feelings regarding their bodies than did the control group. There were no significant differences in self-concept among the three groups. These findings challenge a common assumption that mastectomy automatically results in psychiatric morbidity caused by an altered body image and suggest that health professionals should not make assumptions about how a woman will psychologically respond to mastectomy.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Autoimagen
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Imagen Corporal
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Mamoplastia
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Implantes de Mama
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Mastectomía
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Care Women Int
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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SAUDE DA MULHER
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
1994
Tipo del documento:
Article