乳癌患者の不安とその克服に及ぼす母性感情の効果

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This research offers support for what some people have long believed; compared to older women, young mothers who have cancer, have a much more positive attitude and determination to defeat cancer. Reasons often centered on defeating cancer for the sake of their children in spite of the fear of recurrence and the uncertainty about whether they can live or not.
Participants were young mothers (mean age: 42.3 years old) and older women (mean age: 63.6 years old) with breast cancer.
Rorschach tests and written accounts were analyzed and suggest that young mothers had a strong desire to live and were more positive in attitude, and that older women, in contrast, were more fatalistic about their lives.