The Sexual Adjustment Process of Cancer Patients and Their Partners: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.
When confronted with cancer, a prominent challenge for patients and their partners is their changed sexual relationship. An empirically based theoretical model of the sexual adaptation process during cancer might be helpful in guiding the development of adequate interventions for couples who struggl...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 46; no. 7; pp. 2059 - 2084 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=124504557&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 124504557 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00040002 ASX jtl: Archives of Sexual Behavior issn: 00040002 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2017 vid: 46 iid: 7 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 124504557 10.1007/s10508-016-0868-2 ppf: 2059 ppct: 25 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 710KB tig: atl: The Sexual Adjustment Process of Cancer Patients and Their Partners: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. aug: au: Benoot, Charlotte Saelaert, Marlies Hannes, Karin Bilsen, Johan affil: Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Group, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy , Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Laarbeeklaan 103 1090 Brussels Belgium Centre for Sociological Research , Catholic University of Leuven , Parkstraat 45 3000 Louvain Belgium su: Psychological adaptation Sexual partners Sexual intercourse Qualitative research Human sexuality Adaptability (Personality) Psychology Cancer patients Medical rehabilitation Tumors & psychology Systematic reviews sug: subj: Psychological adaptation Sexual partners Sexual intercourse Qualitative research Human sexuality Adaptability (Personality) Psychology Cancer patients Medical rehabilitation Tumors & psychology Systematic reviews keyword: Cancer Sexual adjustment Cancer Sexual adjustment ab: When confronted with cancer, a prominent challenge for patients and their partners is their changed sexual relationship. An empirically based theoretical model of the sexual adaptation process during cancer might be helpful in guiding the development of adequate interventions for couples who struggle with their sexual relationship. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to synthesize evidence from primary qualitative research studies and to arrive at a detailed description of the process of sexual adjustment during cancer. We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis of a purposeful sample of 16 qualitative papers, using the meta-ethnography approach to synthesis. We found that the subsequent studies used different theoretical approaches to describe the sexual adaptation process. This led to three divergent sexual adaptation processes: (1) the pathway of grief and mourning, depicting sexual changes as a loss; (2) the pathway of restructuring, depicting the adjustment process toward sexual changes as a cognitive process with a strong focus on the social and cultural forces that shape the values and experiences of sexuality; and (3) the pathway of sexual rehabilitation, depicting sexual changes as a bodily dysfunction that needs treatment and specific behavioral strategies. All three pathways have their own opportunities and challenges. A greater awareness of these different pathways could help healthcare providers to better understand the ways a particular couple might cope with changed sexuality, offering them opportunities to discover alternative pathways for sexual adjustment. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: journal article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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