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

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Keplinger A., Dominiczak D.
Polish Journal of Applied Psychology
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2011
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vol. 9
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issue 2
89-105
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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.
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