Activities performance and body image: social representations of a group of women with breast cancer / Desempenho de atividades e imagem corporal: representações sociais de um grupo de mulheres com câncer de mama

AUTOR(ES)

Leonardo Martins Kebbe

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The objective of the study was to know the social representation of breast cancer treated women about the body image and its effects in the occupational performance. The theoretical referencial used was the social representation in the perspective of social sciences. Eight women who have undergone different surgery types such as radical mastectomy and breast conserving surgery participated from the study. The data were collected through four group meetings elaborated for the discussion of the following themes: 1) body and surgery and 2) body and everyday life activities 3) body and work and 4) body and leisure. To analyse the data it was used the content thematic analyses technique which made possible the appearance of two analyses categories: 1) body and treatment, in which women showed alterations in the body aspect, limited body and feelings of fragility and revolt, despite the surgery type they had been through. 2) Body and activities doing, in which women showed alterations in the performance of everyday life activities, productivity and leisure, the difficulties associated to the accomplishment of everyday activities stressed the presence of a distorted body image in view of the perception of a modified body in its aspect and functional way causing the women to feel not capable, showing breast cancer as a stigmatizing disease. The data made it clear that the continuation of everyday life was used to erase the stigma of the disease and for the maintenance of the women?s social roles, entirely related to home and family care, revealing values assimilated by them of a society based on masculine values.

ASSUNTO(S)

body image imagem corporal breast cancer câncer de mama occupational therapy terapia ocupacional

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