"I'm walking on eggshells": challenges faced by mothers with breast cancer in interacting with adolescent daughters.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With breast cancer becoming the most diagnosed cancer in the world, the number of breast cancer-afflicted mothers with adolescent daughters is also rising. Further, adolescent daughters' mothers serve as role models for in identity formation processes, especially concerning gender and sexuality. Nevertheless, breast cancer threats mother's health, including such a key symbol of her womanhood-the breast-which may adversely affect the development of an adolescent daughter's own sense of personal identity and womanhood. However, few researchers and practitioners have paid attention to mother-daughter interactions in the context of breast cancer. Therefore, this study aimed to uncover the nuances of the interactive challenges with adolescent daughters from breast cancer-affl

SUBMITTER: Zhu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9490998 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature