PSYCHOLOGICAL GENDER AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED MASTECTOMY

• Authors: Keplinger Alicja , Dominiczak Dorota
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this article is to present the results of a correlational study on the relationship between three elements: psychological gender, quality of life and mastectomy. The research question was formulated as follows: 'Do women of different psychological genders who have undergone mastectomies differ in their way of sensing their quality of life?' Results are based on our own empirical research on a group of 70 women between the ages of 41 and 72. In the past all of these women underwent mastectomies. Results reveal that in comparison with other persons surveyed, androgynous women may have a higher level of satisfaction and sense of ability/productivity in dealing with this disease. Interestingly, socalled 'masculine women' do not appear within the researched persons' gender identity types. Perhaps the breast cancer experience has caused a distinct focus on not only physical but also psychological, namely identity related, femininity attributes, contributing to identity-related compensation of one's own femininity. The obtained results are a strong inspiration for further research.

Keywords

EN

PSYCHOLOGICAL GENDER AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED MASTECTOMY

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: University of Wrocław, Institute of Psychology and Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT - Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
• Journal: Polish Journal of Applied Psychology
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 89-105
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Keplinger Alicja

author

Dominiczak Dorota

• Alicja Keplinger, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Pedagogical and Historical Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Dawida 1, 50-527 Wroclaw

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA10895