IP11

Women facing cancer: Impact of the social support

Project leader: Nicolas Favez

From 2011 to 2014 the project led by Nicolas Favez studied the role of social support as a resource helping people to deal with the stress caused by a fatal illness. It was concerned with the effects of this on quality of life, with the goal of facilitating psychosocial and psychological interventions for couples dealing with this kind of situation.

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Charvoz, L., Favez, N., Cairo Notari, S., Panes-Ruedin, B., Antonini, T., & Delaloye, J. - F.. (2013). Patients’ and partners’ expressed emotion in couples where the woman has breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 22, 3-4.

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Cairo Notari, S., Favez, N., Charvoz, L., Notari, L., Panes-Ruedin, B., & Delaloye, J. - F.. (2013). The contribution of attachment to psychological adjustment in women facing breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 22, 347-348.

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Favez, N. (2013). L'examen clinique du couple. Bruxelles: Mardaga.