Momentos evolutivos de la autoestima en mujeres con cancer de seno desde la arteterapia.

Abstract

Chronic diseases increase every year, including breast cancer, which generates various changes altering all spheres of the patient's life. From there the interest is born to know the effects of art therapy in the self-esteem of women with breast cancer who have had total mastectomy, emphasizing the perception of it from their diverse environments, for this purpose a mixed investigation with tendency Qualitative, with quasi-experimental design, pre and post application. Obtaining as a result a positive and favorable increase in the self-esteem of the participant. To this end, Coopersmith's self-esteem inventory was implemented, together with the intervention “the story of my life”.