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Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the defensive profile in breast cancer women: A pilot study
This study analyzed the defensive functioning and profile of nine breast cancer women and identifies the differences from other cancer patients (N0) in the way they deal with internal conflicts and stressful situations related to the illness. Patients were interviewed and evaluated using the Defense...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558547/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31218073 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102919854667 |
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author | Di Giuseppe, Mariagrazia Di Silvestre, Annarita Lo Sterzo, Rosa Hitchcott, Paul Gemignani, Angelo Conversano, Ciro |
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description | This study analyzed the defensive functioning and profile of nine breast cancer women and identifies the differences from other cancer patients (N0) in the way they deal with internal conflicts and stressful situations related to the illness. Patients were interviewed and evaluated using the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale Q-sort. Mean differences analysis showed that breast cancer patients use more reaction formation, omnipotence, and rationalization and less idealization of others-image and autistic fantasy, compared with other-site cancer patients. From the qualitative analysis of the defensive profile, displacement and repression appeared among the most representative defense mechanisms of breast cancer patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-65585472019-06-19 Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the defensive profile in breast cancer women: A pilot study Di Giuseppe, Mariagrazia Di Silvestre, Annarita Lo Sterzo, Rosa Hitchcott, Paul Gemignani, Angelo Conversano, Ciro Health Psychol Open Brief Report This study analyzed the defensive functioning and profile of nine breast cancer women and identifies the differences from other cancer patients (N0) in the way they deal with internal conflicts and stressful situations related to the illness. Patients were interviewed and evaluated using the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale Q-sort. Mean differences analysis showed that breast cancer patients use more reaction formation, omnipotence, and rationalization and less idealization of others-image and autistic fantasy, compared with other-site cancer patients. From the qualitative analysis of the defensive profile, displacement and repression appeared among the most representative defense mechanisms of breast cancer patients. SAGE Publications 2019-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6558547/ /pubmed/31218073 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102919854667 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Di Giuseppe, Mariagrazia Di Silvestre, Annarita Lo Sterzo, Rosa Hitchcott, Paul Gemignani, Angelo Conversano, Ciro Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the defensive profile in breast cancer women: A pilot study |
title | Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the defensive profile in
breast cancer women: A pilot study |
title_full | Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the defensive profile in
breast cancer women: A pilot study |
title_fullStr | Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the defensive profile in
breast cancer women: A pilot study |
title_full_unstemmed | Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the defensive profile in
breast cancer women: A pilot study |
title_short | Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the defensive profile in
breast cancer women: A pilot study |
title_sort | qualitative and quantitative analysis of the defensive profile in
breast cancer women: a pilot study |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558547/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31218073 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102919854667 |
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