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How Should Self-Esteem Be Considered in Cancer Patients?
Numerous studies showed that cancer significantly increases the risk of developing depressive and anxious symptoms. It has been shown that self-esteem is an important psychological resource and is associated with many health behaviors. Furthermore, the vulnerability model of low self-esteem, which h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8581674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34777169 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763900 |
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author | Niveau, Noémie New, Boris Beaudoin, Marine |
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description | Numerous studies showed that cancer significantly increases the risk of developing depressive and anxious symptoms. It has been shown that self-esteem is an important psychological resource and is associated with many health behaviors. Furthermore, the vulnerability model of low self-esteem, which has received strong empirical support, highlights that low self-esteem is a real risk factor in the development of depressive disorders. This article aims at providing an overview of the involvement of self-esteem in the psychological adjustment to cancer. After briefly reviewing the literature, we suggest that its implication in the development of depressive disorders and its association with coping strategies and social support in cancer patients justify the consideration of self-esteem in oncology psychological care, especially in young adult patients and those with significant physical impairment following treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-85816742021-11-12 How Should Self-Esteem Be Considered in Cancer Patients? Niveau, Noémie New, Boris Beaudoin, Marine Front Psychol Psychology Numerous studies showed that cancer significantly increases the risk of developing depressive and anxious symptoms. It has been shown that self-esteem is an important psychological resource and is associated with many health behaviors. Furthermore, the vulnerability model of low self-esteem, which has received strong empirical support, highlights that low self-esteem is a real risk factor in the development of depressive disorders. This article aims at providing an overview of the involvement of self-esteem in the psychological adjustment to cancer. After briefly reviewing the literature, we suggest that its implication in the development of depressive disorders and its association with coping strategies and social support in cancer patients justify the consideration of self-esteem in oncology psychological care, especially in young adult patients and those with significant physical impairment following treatment. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8581674/ /pubmed/34777169 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763900 Text en Copyright © 2021 Niveau, New and Beaudoin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Niveau, Noémie New, Boris Beaudoin, Marine How Should Self-Esteem Be Considered in Cancer Patients? |
title | How Should Self-Esteem Be Considered in Cancer Patients? |
title_full | How Should Self-Esteem Be Considered in Cancer Patients? |
title_fullStr | How Should Self-Esteem Be Considered in Cancer Patients? |
title_full_unstemmed | How Should Self-Esteem Be Considered in Cancer Patients? |
title_short | How Should Self-Esteem Be Considered in Cancer Patients? |
title_sort | how should self-esteem be considered in cancer patients? |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8581674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34777169 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763900 |
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