Loneliness in Breast Cancer Patients with Early Life Adversity: An Investigation of the Effects of Childhood Trauma and Self-Regulation

Current Oncology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 30(5), С. 5145 - 5157

Опубликована: Май 18, 2023

Childhood trauma may be prevalent in the general population, and psychosocial treatment of patients with cancer require consideration effects such early adversity on healing recovery process. In this study, we investigated long-term childhood 133 women diagnosed breast (mean age 51, SD = 9) who had experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse neglect. We examined their experience loneliness its associations severity trauma, ambivalence about expression, changes self-concept during experience. total, 29% reported experiencing physical sexual abuse, 86% neglect abuse. addition, 35% sample moderately high severity. Loneliness was directly influenced by indirectly discrepancies ambivalence. conclusion, found that common patients, 42% female reporting these experiences continued to exert negative social connection illness trajectory. Assessment recommended as part routine oncology care, trauma-informed approaches improve process a history maltreatment.

Язык: Английский

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Victorian Aboriginal services co-creating knowledge about healing and recovery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survivors of child sexual abuse: A study protocol.

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Авг. 11, 2023

Abstract Background: Child sexual abuse is a human rights and public health issue with harmful impacts on individuals, families communities of all nations cultures. There lack research healing recovery from child for Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander families, communities. This protocol has been co-designed practitioners senior staff six partner services dedicated to supporting survivors in the Australian state Victoria. Methods: multi-method study grounded Indigenous methodologies methods data generation, addition complementary Western methodology analysis. The outlines three related activities, which make up first phase study. activity involves Cultural Wellbeing Yarning Gatherings over an 8-month period. These gatherings will provide culturally safe space participate generation through yarning about abuse. utilises theory approach. second formative evaluation Community Practice staff, utilising generation. use reflexive thematic analysis as approach third scoping review that investigates peoples’ experiences utilise Discussion : program focuses It addresses some key needs working area abuse, developing new knowledge support processes are inclusive practice wisdom privilege knowledges.

Язык: Английский

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Story-Based and Bottom-Up Accountability With Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: Practices That Focus on Response

Journal of Systemic Therapies, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 42(4), С. 1 - 21

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2023

Narrative and systemic therapists emphasize the context of children's stories while helping them to connect their actions, emotions meaning making. Rather than only diagnosing correcting effects trauma on child's body brain, narrative help children describe responses experiences trauma. Therapists are challenged operate within institutions that impose corrective accountability imperatives children. Therapy can become accountable educational, social, or legal require conformity co-operation. This article examines therapy recruits as co-researchers in meaning-making life's experiences, including both In this way, a fascination with what is not yet known, rather reproduction dominant discourses correction.

Язык: Английский

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