Background: Mastectomy is a traumatic event that leads to a state of a psychological stress, low self-compassion, maladaptive Perfectionism, and shame brought on by a distorted body-image. Aim: This study aimed to explore relation between self-compassion, perfectionismand bodyimagesatisfaction among women with mastectomy. Design: A descriptive correlation study was usedtoachieve the aim of this study. Setting: This study was conducted at general surgery outpatient’sclinics at Benha University Hospital. Subject: A total of 100 women with mastectomy participatedat this study. Tools of data collection: Researchers used a self-administered questionnairethat
included characteristics of women, scale of self-compassion, perfect scale and body self-imagescale. Results: Analysis showed that more than half of the studied patients had maladaptive perfectionismrelated standard subscale and discrepancy subscale. In addition, about two-thirds of the studiedpatients were unhappy with the appearance and one-third of them were satisfied with appearance. Conclusion: There was high positive correlation between self-compassion, adaptive perfectionismand body image. Moreover, explained that improved self-compassion and adaptive perfectionismhad high-frequency positive effects on body image satisfaction. At the same time, maladaptiveperfectionism had high-frequency negative effects on body image satisfaction. Recommendations:Implementing psycho-educational program on developing self-compassion and improvingadaptiveperfectionism of women after mastectomy. |
