Psychological variables associated with posttraumatic growth after breast cancer experience: a systematic review
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https://doi.org/10.34019/1982-8047.2019.v45.28761Keywords:
Breast Neoplasms, Posttraumatic Growth, Psychological, Systematic ReviewAbstract
Introduction: Breast cancer is considered one of the most common cancers among women, representing 25% and 29% of the new cases each year in the world and in Brazil. The experience of its diagnosis, as well as its treatments can have important impact on physical and mental health, but this experience can also be a source of positive reframing.
Objectives: This study revised the literature about the scientific publications concerning the posttraumatic growth in women with breast cancer. Materials and methods: The search of literature was carried out between September and October 2019 in the databases Medline, Scielo, PsycINFO and Web of Science using the PRISMA protocol, through the crossing of the descriptors breast neoplasms and posttraumatic growth. Results: From a total of 56 final references, it was observed that the USA, China and Portugal are the countries with the largest number of publications on the subject, with the majority of cross-sectional and quantitative studies. Posttraumatic growth is a phenomenon observed in several women who have survived breast cancer, being influenced by factors such as social support, coping strategies, psychological stress, depression, cognitive processing, quality of life, perception about the disease, religiosity/spirituality, anxiety, specific cancer stressors, positive affect, mental health, among others. Conclusion: Through this study it was possible to map in the literature some of the main psychological variables related to the growth observed after the experience of breast cancer, and this experience may be associated not only with negative impact, but also with important resignifications concerning life.
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