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Cancers et terrain familial: impacts psychologiques du risque de transmission d’un gène muté

Cancers and family setting: psychological impacts of the risk of transmission of a mutated gene

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Cette étude traite des conséquences émotionnelles de la possible transmission du gène muté BRCA chez des mères et compare leur estime de soi à celle de femmes BRCA sans enfant. Neuf mères ont répondu à un « questionnaire des émotions », puis à l’inventaire d’estime de soi (SEI) de Coopersmith. Deux femmes sans enfant n’ont répondu qu’à la SEI. Les résultats indiquent que le risque de transmission engendre chez les mères des émotions dysphoriques mais n’altère pas leur estime de soi. Les non-mères ont également une bonne estime de soi lorsqu’elles désirent des enfants.

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This study deals with the emotional consequences of the possible transmission of the mutated BRCA gene in mothers and compares their self-esteem to that of women with mutated BRCA genes without children. Nine mothers completed a questionnaire regarding their emotions, followed by the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI). Two women without children only answered the SEI. The results indicate that the risk of transmission generates dysphoric emotions in mothers but does not affect their self-esteem. The non-mothers also have good self-esteem when they want children.

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Basset, L., Masson, J., Bernoussi, A. et al. Cancers et terrain familial: impacts psychologiques du risque de transmission d’un gène muté. Psycho Oncologie 7, 113–117 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11839-013-0414-6

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