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Adjuvant vs. neoadjuvant chemotherapy: quality of life and psychosocial variabl...
Santos, Ana Sofia; Silva, Isabel; Guimarães, Raquel; Meneses, Rutebackground: A breast cancer diagnosis with all that it entails is a highly stressful moment for women. Chemotherapy is one of the main treatments for this type of cancer, and it also brings several side effects and physical changes that often lead to emotional distress and adjustment difficulties. This study aims to analyse the quality of life and psychosocial variables in women with breast cancer submitted to ...
Psychological status of women with breast cancer during chemotherapy
Santos, Ana; Silva, Isabel; Guimarães, Raquel; Meneses, RuteA breast cancer diagnosis and corresponding treatments bring several consequences to women at many distinct levels, particularly on a psychological level with the fast change of their routines and even of their bodies. As such, it seems important to understand to what factors women attribute their psychological state during or shortly after chemotherapy. Therefore, it was carried out a qualitative cross-section...
Reproduction-related cognitive processing and distress among young adult women:...
Bártolo, Ana; Santos, Isabel M.; Guimarães, Raquel; Reis, Salomé; Monteiro, SaraBreast cancer diagnosis can threaten fertility and biological motherhood in women of reproductive age due to the gonadotoxic efects of treatments. Much evidence documents these women fertility-related concerns and distress, but no study has attempted to understand how implicit cognitive processes can contribute to this maladjustment. In this research, we explored whether reproduction-related stimuli interfere w...
Attentional bias toward reproduction-related stimuli and fertility concerns amo...
Bártolo, Ana; Santos, Isabel M.; Guimarães, Raquel; Reis, Salomé; Monteiro, SaraThe current study examined whether an attentional bias exists for reproduction-related visual cues among breast cancer survivors and its relationship with fertility concerns and emotional distress. Breast cancer survivors (n ¼ 38) aged 18–40 were compared to 37 healthy women recruited from the general population. Attentional bias was investigated using a visual dot-probe task and response times (RT) were measur...
The effectiveness of a group intervention to facilitate posttraumatic growth am...
Ramos, Catarina; Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Rudnicki, Tânia; Maroco, Ana Lúcia; Leal, Isabel; Guimarães, Raquel; Fougo, JL; Tedeschi, Richard G.Objective: This longitudinal study tested the effectiveness of a group intervention designed to facilitate posttraumatic growth (PTG). Methods: Sample consisted of 205 women diagnosed with non‐metastatic breast cancer who were either assigned to an intervention group (n = 58) or to a control group (n = 147). PTG, challenge to core beliefs, and rumination (intrusive and deliberate) were assessed at baseline (T1)...
Tradução do conto A faixa pintada (The speckled band) da obra The adventures of...
Guimarães, RaquelMonografia (graduação)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, Curso de Letras-Tradução, 2011.; Submitted by Elna Araujo (elna@bce.unb.br) on 2012-09-21T23:26:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_RaquelGuimaraes.pdf: 1113798 bytes, checksum: 2c504343cf6618db4c1875c0ddca8042 (MD5); Approved for entry into archive by Luanna Maia(luanna@bce.unb.br) on 2012-09-24T12:14:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_RaquelGuim...