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Title: | 'What made me unhappy': Experiences of, and responses to, lifestyle changes in breast cancer patients | Contributor(s): | Bitsika, Vicki (author); Sharpley, Chris (author) ; Christie, David R H (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | DOI: | 10.1080/03069881003601015 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7314 | Abstract: | Sixteen breast cancer patients were interviewed about any lifestyle changes they had experienced and their reactions to those changes. Data were collected and analysed via content analysis and then summary tabulations of patient responses until replication of responses was verified across patients. Results indicated that most patients suffered a reduction in recreation activities, unpleasant physical side effects from treatment and loss of feminine appearance characteristics, all of which were seen as decreases in previously available and valuable sources of social support and self-esteem. In response to these losses, patients reported a common coping strategy of avoidance or escape similar to some depressive symptomatology. Implications for counsellors are discussed. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 38(2), p. 179-189 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1469-3534 0306-9885 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 110319 Psychiatry (incl Psychotherapy) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920199 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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